Kapo2

Description:: Kapo village. Continuation of N53a and b. | "Myth by Benedik of Kapo translated by Tomas Pondis of Male (Bunai) 1. story of man and two masalai. Loss of supernatural aid by violation of prohibition. Masalai live underground. Nale language/PE duet. 2. Myth by Pondis of Maleh (Meyeh) in Nale language. Good clear specimen. Not hard to transcribe. Pondis' text is not translated here. 3. an old man's genealogy a i karim b, etc. 4. story in PE of why I no longer can sire children. a curse. and reciprocal curse of barreness. Pokanau of Kapo. a male able to do the curse. kinship. man/meri usual. kinship same. Pokanau is pikn. bl meri as object of curse. 5. Garamut (slit gong) messaging demonstration. very valuable for musicology. 6. story of making garamut, feast, singsing. Yapan. name is not Benedik but Pendi. Garamut made to summon all to feast. 3 large feats paying for all of his wives. 7. Pene story of a house pamuk in Sirah. nret, name of house? or feast. "all meri i marit long old man. Kapo and Nrabito also made Pamuk. Nuhang also. always preceded by feast. another in Sohoniru. another in Nrano. afterwards, he says, women return to their married houses. another in Yiru. another in Maleh. I did not realize that this was such a common event. the last in Kapo lead to war. Then the practice ended with government taboo.". Language as given: Nale. You can access this item at the PARADISEC website. You will need to sign up or sign in first.
Format:: Sound
Collections:: PARADISEC Catalog
Contributors:: Theodore Schwartz
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