(Flores, Larantuka) Kyrie Eleison

Item

Edited Title

en Your god?

Archivist's Original Title

fr (Flores, Larantuka) Kyrie Eleison

en (Flores, Larantuka) Litany (Kyrie Eleison)

Original description

Field recording collected by Dana Rappoport in Eastern Indonesia in 2006 and 2007.

SEA Annotations

Catholic singing office. Every Saturday morning, in the small town of Larantuka, a group of women have been meeting for four centuries in a chapel to sing songs from Portuguese colonization around 1550. These songs are sung in Latin, Old Portuguese and Indonesian. . 10 tracks alternate prayers and songs in different languages. This is a personal, contextual prayer.•

Time duration

00:18:39

MetadataURL

http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/items/23617/

Recording date of the original material

2006-09-02

Acquisition Date

2007

Population

Nagi

Place of the cultural origin

Larantuka

Country Name

Indonesia

Recording place

Flores, Larantuka, Kabupaten Flores Timur

Resource Language

Nagi-Malay Larantuka

Comment

fr CHR = 10 H + 10 F. chorus in unison 4 parts: chr H unison, then chr F, then more rhythmic song, then return to sustained unison. The song alternates measured and unmeasured. The H's form a line and, in front of them, the F's another line; the soloist is in front. Danced in rows, 1 row of men and 1 row of women in front of each other moving laterally Swinging transversely. Measured and unmeasured alternation. The song is ritual, if it is not sung at a specific time, people get sick.