Shaman Session

Item

Archivist's Original Title
en Shaman Session
fr Séance de chamanisme
Original description
en Field recording made in 1969 in Malaysia (in the center of the peninsula) by Jacques Dournes, missionary and anthropologist : songs and instrumental music, languages and oral traditions (conversations, stories, vocabularies) of different minority populations in Malaysia (of the Semelai language).
Time duration
0:09:06
Recording date of the original material
1969
Acquisition Date
1969
Population
Bidayuh (Land Dayak)
Place of the cultural origin
Country Name
Comment
en Bidayuh ethnic group (Dayak region). Shamanic ceremony with ankle bells; the shaman performs a slow dance while chanting. The orchestra playing in between: kitawak gong, large agung gong, three small kilanto gongs, and a Gönang drum. Warning: loud beginning
fr Ethnie Bidayuh (Land Dayak). Séance de chamanisme avec des grelots aux chevilles, le chamane exécute une danse lente en psalmodiant. L'orchestre qui joue entre temps: gong kitawak, grand gong agung, trois petits gongs kilanto et un tambour Gönang. Attention: début saturé
Tags, Keywords
en Shaman
en gong
en drum
en dance
Archivist Category
en Spoken voice : chanted
Recording context
en Field recording
Instrument, Original Archivist Data
en Spoken Voice: male, chnted ; Gong ;Single membrane Drum, bells
Instrument (Supplementary/Annotated Data)
Agung
Collector
Name of original Collection
Expedition J. Dournes 1969 : Malaisie (Malaya, Sarawak) ; Indonésie (Sumatra)
https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/collections/CNRSMH_I_1969_029/
Collection source citation
External reference
Equateur 69 : peuples de péninsule malaise, Sumatra, Bornéo par l'image [Texte imprimé] / Jacques Dournes ; https://bibliotheque.mepasie.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15064
History of ownership
Recording archived by J. Dournes at Musée de l’Homme, Paris (original tape)
Holding Institution of Original Materials
Copyright Information
In Copyright. Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Copyright Notice
For any use, please contact the CREM-LESC (CNRS, Nanterre University, France): crem.lesc[at]cnrs.fr ; See information at https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr
Physical format
en Magnetic tape
Original item number
CNRSMH_I_1969_029_001_07
SEAH Identifier
SEAH_CNRSMH_I_1969_029_001_07
Media
[Untitled]