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(2) Ning
THE GONGS 505
lal N aanbughoi.
gt
"Mother" w ‘I w ‘I .| '1 W ’1
gangs
MeDium
gongs
_!
E4
J J
E4
J J
§J
_I _l
Q4
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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