Sound Recording, New Zealand
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Sound Recording, New Zealand
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/A659r
Creator(s): Dunn, Ginette
Site Location(s): Subject - Gisborne, Gisborne Region, New Zealand( -38.6533, 178.004 )
Date(s): [1973]
Size and medium: 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool; Duration: 83' 47".
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/414710
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Male Maori informant, recorded on 20th May 1973 in Gisborne, New Zealand; introduces himself and the collector, and describes the circumstances of their meeting; talks about his own research into Maori traditions; learning Maori chants; assuming the correct stance for chanting; recites a chant and explains its meaning; Maori creation beliefs; describes a Maori ceremony with speeches and the importance placed on chanting; formation of the local Maori church; learning chants; Maori belief in spirits; story re. night time crayfishing; Maori blessings (always in running water) and knowledge of chants; chant relating to the great migration.
Informant explains the great migration chant (Maori mythology); canoe journey and the influence of Maori gods; recites the chant again and tells the story of a canoe arriving on land during migration; recites a chant re. the daughter of a Maori Chief who captained the canoe; relates episode from Maori history, with reference to Maori gods and inheritance of black magic [recorded in poem/song]. Continues on tape LAVC/SRE/A660r.
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Subsequent to the listing of this tape, the collector requested that the original item be returned to her. Item returned May 2005. Access Copy only available.
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Physical and technical conditions
9.5cm/sec. Low recording level. Adjusted on AC copy.
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