Funeral music: gongs and children's chanting

Item

Archivist's Original Title

en Funeral music: gongs and children's chanting
fr Musique funéraire : gongs et scansion d'enfants

Original description

en Recorded in situ, around 9-10 p.m. Funeral of a child Children double the tune played by the gongs and chant it saying "pör king, pör king". Unpublished sound recordings of funeral music made in 1963 by the French researcher and missionary Jacques Dournes in Vietnam among the populations jarai.
fr Enregistré en situation, vers 21h-22h. Funérailles d'un enfant Des enfants doublent l'air joué par les gongs et le scandent en disant "pör king, pör king".Enregistrements sonores inédits de musiques funéraires effectués en 1963 par le chercheur et missionnaire français Jacques Dournes au Vietnam chez les populations jaraï.

Time duration

en 00:02:14

MetadataURL

Recording date of the original material

en 1963-02-07

Acquisition Date

en 1963

Population

en Jarai

Place of the cultural origin

Country Name

Recording place

en Central Viet Nam, Phu Bon Province

Resource Language

Jarai

Tags, Keywords

en Dead
Funeral music

Archivist Category

Music

Recording context

en Field recording

Instrument, Original Archivist Data

en Gongs (in series);Drum with 2 membranes;Various ambiances
fr 12 Gongs (en série): Cing arap
Tambour sur caisse à 2 membranes (Högor )
Ambiances diverses

Instrument (Supplementary/Annotated Data)

Cing arap;Högor

Collector

Name of original Collection

fr Musique funéraire jaraï du Viet Nam, mission J. Dournes, 1963.

Collection source citation

Related material

External reference

fr Dournes, J. "La musique chez les Joraï" in "Objets et mondes", t. V, fasc.4, hiver 1965 pp.211-244, photos

Holding Institution of Original Materials

Licensing Institution

Accessing Institutions

Copyright Notice

For any use, please contact the CREM-LESC (CNRS, Nanterre University, France): see information at https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr

Physical format

en Magnetic tape

Preservation State of Physical Object

en Record 9.5 cm/s, 1/2P, Track A Poor sound qualities (microphone movement, differences in sound intensity). See DT. Editor file / Tran Quang Haï and supplements by Aliénor Anisensel .

Original item number

en CNRSMH_I_1963_004_001_02

SEAH Identifier

en CNRS_SEAHMH_I_1963_004_001_02

Provenance

en Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme, Paris, by J. Dournes and preserved at BnF.
CNRSMH_I_1963_004_001_02