oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0016-A612-4
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OLAC Record oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0016-A612-4 |
| Metadata | ||
| Title: | outdooring03-libation | |
| A Description and Documentation of Avatime | ||
| Contributor (speaker): | Priest | |
| Coverage: | Ghana | |
| Date: | 2008-08-16 | |
| Description: | This video recording was made at the outdooring of the paramount chief of the Avatime area. See references for more general information about this event. In this recording the traditional priest says a prayer and pours libation to ask for the blessing of the forefathers. | |
| The Avatime project aims to describe and document Avatime. The researchers involved in this project are Rebecca Defina and Saskia van Putten. The project included fieldwork in Ghana in 2008 and was completed in 2009. Outcomes of the project are: (1) audio and video recordings of different genres, of which 13,5 hours have been transcribed and annotated, (2) an Avatime-English wordlist, (3) grammar notes and (4) two Master's theses, one on the expression of motion in Avatime (Saskia van Putten) and one on aspect and mood in Avatime (Rebecca Defina). | ||
| This is a traditional prayer, in which the forefathers are asked for their blessing. | ||
| The prayer is in Avatime. | ||
| The prayer is carried out by the traditional priest. Many spectators are present. Saskia and Rebecca video recorded the prayer. | ||
| This is the traditional priest of Vane who pours libation and asks for the blessing of the forefathers on important occasions. The age is a guess | ||
| The recording was made using a JVC Everio digital video camera. The file is saved in MPEG2 format with 3400 kbps video encoding rate and 256 kbps audio encoding rate. The aspect ratio is 4:3 and the size of the video is 352 x 576. It is recorded in PAL format. | ||
| Several recordings were made at this event. These are: - outdooring-all - outdooring01 - outdooring02 - outdooring03-libation - outdooring04-libation - outdooring05-libation - outdooring06-oath - outdooring07-oath - outdooring08-oath - outdooring09-sheep Information about the process of installing a new chief can be found in - interview_SO-BB - installing_a_paramount_chief General information about the political organization of Avatime can be found in - political_organization_of_Avatime | ||
| Format: | video/x-mpeg2 | |
| Identifier: | oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0016-A612-4 | |
| Publisher: | Saskia van Putten and Rebecca Defina | |
| Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics | ||
| Subject: | Ritual/religious texts | |
| Unknown | ||
| Avatime language | ||
| Subject (ISO639): | avn | |
| Type: | video | |
OLAC Info |
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| Archive: | The Language Archive at the MPI for Psycholinguistics | |
| Description: | http://www.language-archives.org/archive/www.mpi.nl | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for OLAC format | |
| GetRecord: | Pre-generated XML file | |
OAI Info |
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| OaiIdentifier: | oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-0016-A612-4 | |
| DateStamp: | 2017-02-14 | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for simple DC format | |
Search Info | ||
| Citation: | Priest (speaker). 2008-08-16. Saskia van Putten and Rebecca Defina. | |
| Terms: | area_Africa country_GH iso639_avn | |
Inferred Metadata | ||
| Country: | Ghana | |
| Area: | Africa | |