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announce the publication of <I>Re-counting Knowledge in Song: Change Reflected
in Kaulong Music </I><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">by Birgit
</SPAN>Drüppel. This book was officially launched at the Institute of Papua New
Guinea Studies by Dr Jacob Simet, Executive Director, National Cultural
Commission, on 16 November 2009.</FONT>
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face="Times New Roman"><I>Re-counting Knowledge in Song</I><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"> is a musical ethnography that is a base
study of the music traditions of the Kaulong people near the south coast of West
New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It embodies the description and structural
analysis of traditional Kaulong music in its vocal, instrumental, and
vocal-instrumental forms, song and dance celebrations (<I>singsing</I>) being
the largest events which establish and strengthen family and trade
relationships. Historical events, such as the colonialisation by Germans and
Australians, and the consequent advancement of the Catholic Mission, had a
lasting influence on traditional culture and music. In particular, the mission
was the most influential, facilitating the penetration of non-Kaulong cultural
elements into Kaulong tradition. By adopting Christianity, the Kaulong reacted
to a new, broader world view which is translated into music. Traditional
<I>singsing </I>became less important and lost some of their meaning, while
trade contacts with the neighbouring coastal area (Kaul speakers) became
frequent and resulted in the adoption of local coastal <I>singsing</I>, as well
as <I>singsing </I>from indirect trading partners in Kilenge (<I>singsing
tumbuan</I>) and Siassi (<I>singsing sia</I>). New music genres such as <I>kwaia
</I>(Christian choir music) developed and, after national independence,
stringbands formed which play popular music at state celebrations and <I>sosol
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style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">is the tenth volume in the Institute of
Papua New Guinea Studies series, </SPAN>Apwitihire: Studies in Papua New Guinea
Musics. Copies are available for PGK 20.00.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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