Context (CMS Context)
This tape is referenced as 'D 2. DANCES AND SONGS. LAU (Tumbou); songs for dances: lakalaka and tafi (Tongan) and ma'ulu'ulu (Samoan). July, 1955. 005-152. LAU; song for a dance (lakalaka); at Suva. December, 1953. 153-383. A LAU song, "Isa Lei", sung by girls of Andi Thakombau School. December, 1953. 387-576. All actuality records by Fiji Broadcasting Commission.' (see Roth's original list, MAA, Doc.385).
25/01/2013
Created by: Lucie Carreau on 25/01/2013

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 dances (meke) & songs, 15 min 31 seconds.
1) This is a lakalaka, a Tongan dance done by men and women of Sawana which is a Tongan settlement adjoining the Fijian village of lomaloma, Lau. Recorded at Tubou, on Lakeba Island, July 1955. Actuality record (record made during the actual performance of a normal ceremony) by the Fiji Broadcasting Commission. [0.00 - 1.47]
2) This is a tafi, a Tongan dance done by the women of the senior ?matangale, the ?vuani ?rewa of Lau. Recorded at Tubou, on Lakeba Island, July 1955. Actuality record (record made during the actual performance of a normal ceremony) by the Fiji Broadcasting Commission. [1.47 - 2.33]
3) This is a ma'ulu'ulu, a Samoan dance done by the Fijians of Nasagalau, a village on the island of Lakeba, Lau. Recorded at Tubou, on Lakeba Island, July 1955. Actuality record (record made during the actual performance of a normal ceremony) by the Fiji Broadcasting Commission. [2.33 - 5.11]
4) This a song accompanying a Tongan dance , lakalaka, done in Suva by men and women of Lau on the occasion of the Royal visit to Fiji, December 1953. Actuality record (record made during the actual performance of a normal ceremony) by the Fiji Broadcasting Commission. [5.11 - 11.31]
5) 'Isa Lei, sung by girls of Adi Cakobau School. December 1953. Actuality record (record made during the actual performance of a normal ceremony) by the Fiji Broadcasting Commission. [11.31 - 14.56].
14/01/2013
Created by: maa on 14/01/2013