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Gita Gisalo (PNG Country Music)
From Feld (Sound and Sentiment and Bosavi: Rainforest Music from
Papua New Guinea).
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Bosavi encounters
• Australian government in region 1958• Asia Pacific Christian Mission 1964• Papua New Guinea independence 1975
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Airstrip and cassette recorders
• mid 1980s, coinciding with oil exploration in region, logging and other development projects
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Gita Gisalo
• Kemuli, Difalasulu. BVDC, Tasi Kabulo:, Gusuwa string bands
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String bands
• First ukelele in Bosavi region, 1977• Gusuwa (Cassowary) string band (1998-9). Oska, Mama,
Ho:nowo, Wano, Max, Gigiyo Sele
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Two songs by Kemuli string band
1. My father, my heart
my father, where has he gone?
crying ya:- my father is not coming
when afternoon is passing
when the sun is going down
it sounds like my father is calling out
in the afternoon I listen secretly
but there is no talk going on
crying ya:- my father is gone for good
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• My mother, how you always walked
my mother, how you always talked
after evening falls, after I’ve thought about it,
I can only cry
my mother, where have you gone?
my mother, why did you die?
oh no! My mother is dead
(Rebeka; lines from sa:yelab)