Performance and interview: Sanggar Lawe Lenggong in Wae Buka, Ruteng, Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara (Flores)
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posted on 2020-10-08, 02:57 authored by Margaret Kartomi| Unpublished
field recordings by Margaret Kartomi in Wae Buka, Ruteng, Manggarai, East
Nusa Tenggara (Flores). 2 cassette tapes. Cassette 1 (C395): Notes include hand-drawn illustrations of several instruments, including tambor (two-headed drum), mbetung, rattles, sunding tongkeng (endblown flute), sunding holé (sideblown flute), thin gongs in frame (see image). Contents according to notes: 1. Tari Akovoja. Rice-planting dance (choreographed), dancers SMP [middle school] girls in pink baju [shirts] and songké skirt, wear[ing] nggorong (bells) 2. Main Cacih. Regu Cacik. Lagu Goul. Bells on ankle. 3. Girl sings Lir Ilir with gendang [drum], nggone & mbetung 4. Interview in home of leader Joseph Ngadot. Hermanus (singer & lead dancer in Main Cacih) sings a) Nggong Dende Rambung (name of place and person). Vaeta (undulates). Wife cries because husband died. b) Dende Wangka Danggang - listed but not recorded. c) Dende Kunti: song to play with baby, funny. Performance recorded in Wae Buka, Ruteng. 3.6.94 3-6pm. Cassette 2 (C396): Side A: 4.6.94 Ruteng. Interview (cont'd) at Sanggar Lawe Lenggong. Side B: Short excerpts of another interview and performance. |
