Funeral gong set

Recorded in situ. It is surely the game of "cing arap", a funerary game played at burials, from the house to the grave, and at all the periodic rites of the tomb. One of the five gong games known to the Jörai.Sound recordings collected by Jacques Dournes, French missionary and researcher, in Viet Nam in 1966 from the Jarai populations: instrumental solos, invocations, songs and soundscapes.
Archivist's Original Title
en Funeral gong set
fr Jeu de gongs funéraires
Original description
en Recorded in situ. It is surely the game of "cing arap", a funerary game played at burials, from the house to the grave, and at all the periodic rites of the tomb. One of the five gong games known to the Jörai.Sound recordings collected by Jacques Dournes, French missionary and researcher, in Viet Nam in 1966 from the Jarai populations: instrumental solos, invocations, songs and soundscapes.
fr Enregistré en situation.

Il s'agit sûrement du jeu de "cing arap", jeu funéraire joué aux enterrements donc, de la maison à la tombe, et à tous les rites périodiques du tombeau.

L'un des cinq jeux de gongs que connaissent les Jörai.Enregistrements sonores collectés par Jacques Dournes, missionnaire et chercheur français, au Viet Nam en 1966 auprès des populations Jaraï : solos instrumentaux, invocations, chants et ambiances sonores.
Time duration
en 00:02:51
Recording date of the original material
en 1966
Acquisition Date
en 1967
Population
en Jarai
Place of the cultural origin
Country Name
Recording place
en Phu Bon Province, Bbon-Ama-Jjong Village
Resource Language
en Jarai
Tags, Keywords
en Dead
Archivist Category
en Music (Vocal)
Recording context
en Field recording
Instrument, Original Archivist Data
en Gong
Collector
Name of original Collection
en Viet Nam, Solos instrumentaux, invocations, chants et ambiances sonores chez les Jaraï, Dournes, 1966.
External reference
en 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
Copyright Information
en CC BY-NC-ND
Physical format
en Magnetic tape
Preservation State of Physical Object
en Recording: 19cm/s, Track B. Poor sound quality (cuts, irregular sound intensities). See DT; file editor: Tran Quang Hai . Details from Aliénor Anisensel, temporary worker 2013
Original item number
en CNRSMH_I_1967_001_001_29
SEAH Identifier
en CNRS_SEAHMH_I_1967_001_001_29
Provenance
en Recording archived at Musée de l’Homme, Paris, by J. Dournes and preserved at BnF.