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THE GONGS 505
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"Mother" w ‘I w ‘I .| '1 W ’1
gangs
Medium
gongs
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E4
J J
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Hand gongs w w w
(3) Unnamed.
“ Mother "
gangs
Medium
SW85
Handgongs _‘ w _‘ 0| _| 1 1 0‘ ,
' Some
others h
av
instance 1
" Mother "
gangs
Medium
SW85
‘i1ï¬Å7jï¬Å7ï¬ÅT
1-11 -ifl-ifl-1
of these Larnbumbu rhythms are based on bird calls ;
e " inversions â€ù representing call and answer, as for
~11~-1‘-111-1 ‘
$511 "=5 "1 i ~25? I
mmhuufluuuu ,
“ Mother "
gangs
Medium
gouge
1"W"1"1“ _y
11-1 ~-11* 1~A:§§er'- 1
Hewne 7.3 ‘L1 ‘Ll DU U U U I
which, it
seems, is called Nela nemer ti, meaning the " Pudding
of Breadfruit 3
It is unfortunate that there is no indication as to when these 1
rhythms are employed ; whether they are the rhythms of different
clans, or whether they belong to certain episodes in the celebra- y
tion of a
The na
mes of many other rhythms will be found in the accounts
of the ceremonies belonging to the transition rites and to the i
nimangks, a nelemew, or the rites of Nimzmgki Tlel.
secret societies.
Of the aesthetic side of Malekulan gong-beating it is clearly
impossibl
e for one who has not heardit to write, but of its
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