[Mihalic] singsing kaur

[Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies]

Both terms should get there eventually, I hope. "Singsing kaur" is not in
Mihalic's dictionary and actually that is the only context in which I've
ever heard "kaur" used. As for a definition of "singsing kaur", I'd suggest
something like:

music/dance from North Solomons Province consisting of singing accompanied
by an ensemble of double-row bamboo panpipes, end-blown bamboo trumpets tied
together in raft form, and end-blown wooden trumpets--all instruments
restricted to North Solomons. Wooden trumpet players dance in a circle
moving clockwise, while singers and other instrumentalists dance around them
in the opposite direction.

Has anyone heard this term used to refer to any music/dance from outside of
North Solomons?

Don
 
Don Niles
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Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies
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-----Original Message-----
From: mihalic-bounces at anu.edu.au [mailto:mihalic-bounces at anu.edu.au] On
Behalf Of Stuart Robinson
Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2006 6:37
To: mihalic at anu.edu.au
Subject: [Mihalic] singsing kaur

I was just trying to find "kaur" (as in "singsing kaur") on the Mihalic
site. I couldn't find either "kaur" or "singsing" here:

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/PNG/MIHALIC/M2/LetterS/IndexS.htm

I thought at least the latter term would be there.

-Stuart Robinson
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