Funeral music: gongs and children's chanting

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 Unpublished sound recordings of funeral music made in 1963 by the French researcher and missionary Jacques Dournes in Vietnam among the populations jarai.
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 Unpublished sound recordings of funeral music made in 1963 by the French researcher and missionary Jacques Dournes in Vietnam among the populations jarai.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
http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/items/3691/
Recording date of the original material
en 1963-02-07
Acquisition Date
en 1963
Population
en Jarai
Place of the cultural origin
Phu Bon Province
Country Name
Viet Nam
Recording place
en Central Viet Nam, Phu Bon Province
Resource Language
Jarai
Tags, Keywords
en Dead
Archivist Category
en Music (Funeral)
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
Jacques Dournes
Name of original Collection
fr Musique funéraire jaraï du Viet Nam, mission J. Dournes, 1963.
Collection source citation
Viet Nam, Jorai (Jaraï) population, J. Dournes, 1963-1970
Related material
http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/collections/261/
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
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Licensing Institution
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Accessing Institutions
Centre de Recherche en Ethnomusicologie (LESC, CNRS)
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.
Media
CNRSMH_I_1963_004_001_02