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Traditional music of Vanuatu (New Hebrides) from the Cultural Centre Archives. Sound cassette taped by Dr Kirk Huffman for the Vanuatu Cultural Centre. Port Vila, The Sound Centre.

Vanuatu is very proud of its traditional culture and the Cultural Centre at Port Vila has a strong collection. This cassette was taped by , Dr Kirk Huffman, for the Oral Traditions Collecting Programme, funded by the South Pacific Commission and UNESCO. The tape Includes music, song and dance recorded from traditional cultural activities.
Side 1: Aoba ; Ambrym ; Mota Lava (Banks) ; Santo.
Side 2: Pentecost ; Malekula ; Tanna ; Erromango ; Aneityum

Lorraine and Michael Ovington collection

  • AU ANUA 480
  • Series
  • 1976 - 1992

Correspondence, personal diaries, copy of a calendar, newspaper clippings and photographs relating to the Ovingtons' time in New Caledonia and Vanuatu, 1978-1980, photographs of Independence celebrations, official invitations, course papers on human development, and publications. Includes sound recording ANUA 480/18: Traditional music of Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides) from the Cultural Centre Archives, recordings made by anthropologist Kirk Huffman in the 1970s. The recordings relate to cultural practices. Side 1: Aoba; Ambrym ; Mota Lava (Banks) ; Side 2: Pentecost ; Malekula ; Tanna ; Erromango ; Aneityum

Ovington, Lorraine