Context (CMS Context)
This tape is referenced as 'CD 1. YANGGONA CHANTS and SONGS. NAITASIRI, confederation of Rara; specially recorded at Vunindawa. August, 1957. Yanggona chant; 006-218. Dance gong beats (2); 219-240. Gesture song; 241-284. Songs for dances (2). 287-470.' (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)
Audio recording of yaqona chants and songs of the people of Rara, Naitasiri. Recorded in Vunidawa, August 1957. Arranged recording, 13 min 09 seconds.
1) Yaqona chant [0.08-6.48]
2) Two beatings of the dance gong [6.55-7.25]
3) Gesture song accompanied by the two different beating of the dance gong already recorded [7.39-8.38]
4) Song of a gesture dance [8.47- 10.58]
5) Song of a gesture dance [11.08-12.53].
14/01/2013
Created by: maa on 14/01/2013