Songs From Papua New Guinea
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1990.20.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Charlton, Robert
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content: Robert Charlton films of Papua New Guinea music
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (20 minutes, color sound; 720 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
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content: Edited film produced by Bechtel Group of Companies was made in association with SONGS OF A DISTANT JUNGLE. As part of the filming, a number of traditional songs from Papua New Guinea were recorded in their entirety and assembled before editing of SONGS OF A DISTANT JUNGLE to create SONGS FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Christopher Roberts, a musician from the Juilliard School who received a grant from the Bechtel Group to record traditional music of Papua New Guinea, is shown recording the songs. Locales and Songs include: Personal Lament, Men's Cult Initiation Song, Men's Joke Song, Women's Sorcery/Love Song, and Yong Women's Fantasy Song from Bultem Village, Ok Tedi Region, Western Province; Men's Cult House Song and Young People's Song from Tifalmin Village, West Sepik Province; and Women's Crying Song, Men's Crying Song, Kolapi Mingi played on a bamboo flute, Orope Mingi played on pan pipes, and Children's song from Kopiri Village, Ialibu, Southern Highlands Province.