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Box inscription: Side A: Kinds of Swears (Injects kinds of taro that are abu - & miscellaneous taboos for Omea, etc- then continues w/ prohibitions) -- Age & divorce -- Bridewealth & obligation to -- Siu ’Usia Ino -- Non-Agnate Adalo in Ba’e - names being called (good statement) -- Descent vs. kinship re: Adalo - good statement of asymmetry of kinship & descent. -- Kinship obligation & sharing - matrilateral rights (vs. Patri- re: bridewealth & etc) - (beautiful statement on cognation) [translated 31/7/78] - other Taro Abu's
Side 2: Parts of Year - Moon phases - Stars - Times of Day -- Ritual symbols (not much) and TAU Procedure - Puddings - lakeno and fausuu.
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Located in Series 7) Solomon Islands - Sound Recordings, subseries C) Reel-to-Reel. Arranged in numbered order from 1 to 151.
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This digital sound file was recorded from original audiotape in the Roger Keesing Papers (Box 67, Folder 13).
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1/4 inch open reel audio
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Saelasi Lounga was at this time a South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC) Christian living on the coast at Uru Harbour, but was formerly an important and knowledgeable ancestral priest for the Kwangafi area. He died in the early 1990s.
Kwaio can make curses or oaths in the name of ancestors (Keesing glossed these with "swears").
Omea are mortuary feasts, and many behavioral taboos surround them.
Lakeno and fausuu are two types of taro pudding.
Covers kinds of gulanga (curing) and magic related to andcestors.
Tau procedure refers to rules surrounding mens houses, called tau.
Siu’usia ino is to perform pruficatory sacrifice for a woman's taboo violation, and Lounga speaks of the group obligation to do this for an in-married woman.
Many taboos surround taro gardening.
Recording continues on Keesing Reel-to-Reel 077.
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[Title, Date]. Roger Keesing Papers. MSS 427. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
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