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Na Ainimae and Totoroha Project

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A collection of audiovisual recordings from the Na Ainimae and Totoroha Project managed by Wantok Music Foundation (WMF) involving two significant Wantok Musik Solomon Island cultural artists and elders Charles Maimarosia (from Are’ Are region) and Natty Dolaiasi (from Lau Lagoon). The aim of the project is to archive and promote significant ancestral songs from their respective homelands in Malaita. Together with women elder leads Oku Lui and Alice Aarisi Tainaru, the aim was to record these significant ancestral songs, stories, languages and dances, both to promote these unique cultural practices and to preserve and archive them for future generations at a time when modernisation and urbanisation are threatening their survival. The Wantok Musik team visited and recorded audio and video in Lau Lagoon in northern Malaita, the provincial capital Auki and East and West Are’ Are. The recordings include kustom songs, kustom song and dance performances, interviews, films of cultural activities such as children’s games and cooking methods.

Created: 26 03 2026

Data time period: 07 03 2026 to 24 03 2026

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text: Solomon Islands

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'Are'are | 'are'are Language | Baeggu | Baeggu Language | Kwara'ae | Kwara'ae Language | Lau | Lau Language | Rennell-Bellona | Rennellese Language | Wala | Wala Language |

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ACN 633 798 857