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It can be difficult for urbanized folk to imagine a world where the daily sounds are those of nature and of the small noises of human work and voices. How much more difficult is it to imagine the incredible impact of the ancient musical dancing ceremonies of the Oceanic tribes of the Kanak? It is evident that these ceremonies, named pilou-pilou by the first French missionaries, had great importance in Kanak life, and that they were the most tremendous acoustical events to be heard in that world. The beating of bark-clappers and the stamping of bamboo tubes was combined with part-songs by two singers, accompanied by the shouting, cries, and whistles of hundreds of dancers. All this must have left an indelible mark on the aural sensations of the participants. After such ceremonies, that world returned to the sounds of nature. Today the Kanak aural world has entirely changed. People are used to the noise of cars and machines, to the wonders of modernization, and even to those living in rural areas the presence of machine noises is so prevalent that the seas and the forests may now seem dulled. This examination of Kanak Music and Dance proves a marvellous kind of time capsule, a way to see into a past environment through a persisting tradition.
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Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Illustrated by David Becker (photographs) (illustrator). "Ceremonial and intimate performance of the Melanesians of New Caledonia, historical and actual" with accounts from European contact onwards. Description of musical instruments; labanotation, analysis and transcriptions are used. 285 pages; 6 x 9 1/2 ". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 12374
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soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No jacket. First Edition. Noumea, New Caledonia: Agence de Developpement de la Culture Kanak. (1997). 285 pp. Illustrated. Wraps. Wraps are clean and show only minor shelf wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall a fine copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 17053
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Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Becker, David (photograph) (illustrator). First English Language Edition. xiv, 285pp, index, glossary, bibliography, appendix, bw ills, scores. Pictorial card. Minor foxing to page edges and prelims. Deals comprehensively with accounts of Kanak dance and music from the first years of European contact onwards. The present situation of traditional Kanak dance and music is presented in detail while showing it represents only a fraction of past traditional life. Size: 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 049187
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