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A Mini-Anthology of South Pacific Oral Poetry, Ulli Beier (ed.)
Individual Texts from Anthology
Overview
Context
Commentary
Bibliography
Discussion

A Mini-Anthology of South Pacific Oral Poetry, Ulli Beier (ed.)

Original pgs 87-96. Alcheringa 1-4

Individual Texts from Anthology

Three For the God Aia (Mekeo)
Song for a Child's Initiation (Buin)
Song for a Girl on Her First Menstruation (Boikin)
Song of a Girl Journeying to the Country of the Dead (Trobriands)
Chant for the Dead (Kiriwina)
"Fetching it back" (Kiriwina)
Magic Chant to Divert Rain (Mid Wahgi)
Living (Mekeo)
Work Song (Roro)
Love Song (I) [Kuanua]
Love Song (II) [Lang Yega, Mokorua, Tupi]
A Love Song (Rigo)
Love Charm (I) [Saure land, Wewak]
Love Charm (II) [Kuanua Gazelle Peninsula]
Lament for a Husband (Buin)
Ra Kongkong (Kuanua)

Overview

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Commentary

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