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Tape#1: Various Traditional 'Abot' Songs led by Pilemon ToKilang Side A&B: The 'Abot' songs are traditional Tolai music of singing and chanting with a tune or style typically with other similar songs like Warbat, Lili but expressed in middle language to others in the meaning of stories or events in songs so mainly in Tok Pisin rather than Kuanua. The songs cover places in New Ireland, Duke of York Islands and Gazelle Peninsula and typical examples are; Stories of travels in places of Kavieng, Namatanai, Tanga, Siar (New Ireland), Use of Time in Mioko/Makada (Duke of York Islands), Doctors working at hospitals (Rapidik/Rabaul), Boat Captain (Rabaul/Kokopo), Woman of Rabaul (Nodup/Namanula). Song names include "marmari, al mari", "meri Rabaul", "ToMaidang", "wan kilok taem", "lapun meri". Other songs discussed were "Te England" (Englishman), "balus America" (American plane, "Siapan" (Japanese). (Steven Gagau, March 2019). Language as given: Reuse Information
Created: 1993-03-21
Data time period: 1993 to ,
ISO3166: PG
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