| Bib ID |
4362617 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
2007
1 sound file (ca. 17 min.)
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| Series |
Torres Strait songs project
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| Summary |
Roy Thomas Kebisu, born and raised on Yam-Iama Island, Qld., speaks about being a descendant of King Kebisu from Warrior (Tudu) Island; the family move to Yam from Tudu; seeing uncles and aunts singing and dancing; how singing is important to the community; songs about the sea and luggers; learning to sing in church; his formal training in school; the school song; attending St. Augustine's a boarding school in Cairns; keeping up his culture when living on mainland, tombstone openings etc.; men's songs being about working [luggers], the wind, gardening, rain; women's songs, also about work; men composing songs, even, women's songs; the songs used at special events; his feelings when singing language hymns; watching and being coached by elders; making maraps [bamboo clappers used for dances]; the council's opinion on this project, 'gaining our culture back and preserving it for the younger ones'; Torres Strait Islanders in the production crew; himself as a soloist singer of Kores; his interest in the process of multitrack recording.
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| Biography/History |
Roy Kebisu is the Deputy Council Chairman on Yam-Iama Island, Queensland.
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| Notes |
Interview conducted in English and Torres Strait Island creole.
Recorded on September 16, 2007 on Yam Island, Qld.
Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (3 p.) |
| Subjects |
Kebisu, Roy, - 1962- - Interviews. | Torres Strait Islanders - Interviews. | Torres Strait Islanders - Queensland - Social life and customs. | Songs - Queensland - Torres Strait Islands. | Dance - Queensland - Torres Strait Islands.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Neuenfeldt, Karl William, 1947-, Interviewer
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| Related records |
Torres Strait songs project
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