Context (CMS Context)
This tape is referenced as 'A 2 GONG BEATING. THAKAUNDROVE (Somosomo) (2). June, 1957. 006-112. KANDAVU (Rakiraki) (2). October, 1955. 117-202. SERUA (Serua) (4). July, 1957. 204-369. All specially recorded.' (see Roth's original list, MAA, Doc.385).
17/01/2013
Created by: Lucie Carreau on 17/01/2013

Context (CMS Context)
This audio recording belongs to a series of 20 tapes recorded by George Kingsley Roth in Fiji in the 1950s, on Scotch Magnetic recording tapes, single track, 15min, 600 feet. The tapes record Fijian (and occasionally Tongan) songs and musical instruments and range from live recording, arranged recording and copies of recordings made by the Fiji Broadcasting Commission. The tapes were brought to MAA for safekeeping in 2001 shortly after Mrs Jane Roth's death by Mrs Sue Stobbs, her neighbour. They were digitised by the World Oral Literature Project (WOLP) in 2012 and accessioned into MAA's collection in 2013.
14/01/2013
Created by: maa on 14/01/2013

Description (CMS Description)
Recording of musical instruments: gong beating, 11 min 17 seconds.
1) Lalivakaviti. Played at Somosomo, Cakaudrove, June 1957. Arranged recording. Small + Large gong. [0.00 - 1.50]
2) Lalivakatoga. Played at Somosomo, Cakaudrove, June 1957. Arranged recording. Small + Large gong. [2.14 - 3.54]
3) Lali (wooden drum) being beaten alone. Done three times. At the end of each beating, it is beaten 7 times. Modern use to announce the time. Rakiraki, Kadavu, October 1955. Arranged recording. [4.12 - 5.49]
4) Beating of a wooden drum (lali) and his smaller fellow (duki). Rakiraki, Kadavu, October 1955. Arranged recording. [5.50 - 6.42]
5) Lalinisoqonivakaturaga. Serua Island, July 1957. Arranged recording. [6.45 - 7.57]
6) Lalinibokola. Serua Island, July 1957. Arranged recording. [8.00 - 8.48]
7) [?] Laliniveibulu. Serua Island, July 1957. Arranged recording. [8.52 - 10.03]
8) Lalivakatoga. Serua Island, July 1957. Arranged recording. Bad quality (buzzing). [10.05 - 11.17]
14/01/2013
Created by: maa on 14/01/2013