Interview recorded on 1-1-1964 by Herman Peters OFM for his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The interview was recorded in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. The interview is in the local language and deals with the sacred stones of the ancestors as described in his thesis on pages 89-101 and pages 151-160. 
The thesis has also been published in English with the title : "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
Side A is 27’29

Band 2 Ganege Hasim Kant A

Hae Hu Kulim. Recording of the ritual and the songs which belong to the initiation ritual. Recorded by Herman Peters and described in his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965 on the pages 134-148. He describes that he was present at two initiation ceremonies in January 1963 in the village Wajatma and in November 1963 in the village Hetogolek.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
The A side of the tape is 11’25 and the B side 12’30

Band 3 Hae Hu Kulim Kant A

Hae Hu Kulim. Recording of the ritual and the songs which belong to the initiation ritual. Recorded by Herman Peters OFM and described in his thesis“Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965 on the pages 134-148. He describes that he was present at two initiation ceremonies in January 1963 in the village Wajatma and in November 1963 in the village Hetogolek.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title : "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
The A side of the tape is 11’25 and the B side 12’30

Band 3 Hae Hu Kulim Kant B

A tape which is called diversen = various on the cover and contains a ritual or ceremony with women singing on the A side and men on the B side. The tape was recorded by Herman Peters OFM in the Baliem Valley in West Papua for his anthropological research that resulted in his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. It was probably recorded in 1963-1964. On the B side from 22’36-25’32 there are some remnants of earlier recordings of Radio broadcasts in Dutch. Many songs but not all are terminated before their end. A habit not unusual when one had limited access to tapes and electricity.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
The A side of the tape is 40’02 and the B side is 38’16

Band 5 Diversen Kant B

Band 5 Diversen Kant A

Scripta van Herman Peters OFM Wam Oat Palim t/m blz. 16a
Interview and ritual recorded by Herman Peters OFM for his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The tape was recorded in 1963-1964 in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. The interview is in the local language.
On side A part interview, part ritual with two short fragments of western classical music, on side B interview with 4 short fragments of European music. The ritual has to do with the Wam Oat Balin on the cover misspelled as Wam Oat Palim. It is a ceremony which is connected with the large pig feast and during the ceremony the warriors are honoured with pieces of pork meat especially the warrior which first speared an enemy. Also, the warriors are given pork meat which were hurt, the men who carried the death and wounded from the battle field, the men who cut the wood for a funeral pyre and the men who put the corpse on the funeral pyre. It is extensively described on page 128-133. Other topics are abortion, deformed children and the classification of people according to age.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.

Band 10 Scripta Tm 16 A Wam Oat Palim Kant B

Band 10 Scripta Tm 16 A Wam Oat Palim Kant A

Zang en dansen van de Amungme
Songs, dances and a church service with the Amungmè. Side a start with a series of short fragments and long silences than at 2’10 a sermon part of a church service followed at 3’47 by a series of traditional songs. At 13’55 follows an interview. Side B starts with a series of short speeches in Bahasa which are connected with Christian belief, then at 3’51 part of an interview, at 5’35 a series of Christian speeches, at 10’12 interview, at 15’37 again a series of short speeches, from 17’20- 17’49 some fragments and silence, after 17’49 Christian speeches, at 19’’31 interview. As the tape was recorded with two different speeds, it could have been recorded at two different localities and occasions. Herman Peters was first stationed among the Amungmè in the Tsingga and Noemba valley 1957-1959 and then transferred to the Baliem valley from 1959 to 1964. The interviews could be from the Baliem Valley, while the songs and the sermons could be from the Amungmè. See “De eerste vestiging van de katholieke missie in de Tsingga- en Noemba-vallei : dagboek van Herman Peters ofm over de periode maart 1957 - juni 1959” from Bob Schijns and Herman Peters, published Utrecht, 2003. On the box is indicated that the tape has been recorded 19643 which could mean 1963-1964 or march 1964.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.

Side A is 19’31 and Side B is 21’05

Band 12 Zang En Dans Van De Amungme Kant A

Band 12 Zang En Dans Van De Amungme Kant B

Scripta van Herman Peters OFM Lugage Isasin Blz. tot eind
Interview recorded by Herman Peters OFM for his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The interview was recorded in 1963-1964 in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. The interview is in the local language and the subject is Lugage Isasin (sini). In the thesis Sini isasin is mentioned as a ceremony involving specific kinds of grass which are put in a stewing pit while preparing pork meat, potato kinds and vegetables. The amount and the way in which the grasses have stewed is seen as indicating the future. It forebodes the number of enemies or own people that will be killed in the war. See pages 92-93, 99 and 167.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
On the cover is also a reference to probably the typed-out interview as the scripta of Herman Peters OFM page till end. Until now the scripta have not been located.

Band 13 Scripta Tot Eind Lugage Isasin Kant A

Interview recorded by Herman Peters OFM for his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The interview was recorded in 1963-1964 in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. The interview is in the local language. Sometimes one can hear the sounds of animals and a bell in the background.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
On the cover is also a reference to probably the typed-out interview as the scripta of Herman Peters OFM page 9c to 8d. Until now the scripta have not been located.
Side A is 34’23 and Side B is 34’23

Band 19 Scripta 9c Tm 8d Kant B

Band 19 Scripta 9c Tm 8d Kant A

A ritual or ceremony recorded by Herman Peters OFM for his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The ritual or ceremony was recorded in 1963-1964 in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. During the ceremony one can hear pigs, talking people, songs, and a rattling sound of branches. Sometimes there are microphone disturbances by the wind and movement of the microphone. As the subject various is indicated on the cover.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl.
The tape is in a box for shipping it with the post. On the back side of the box as the destination the address of Herman Peters family in the Dutch town of Venlo is written, as the sender is written Herman Peters, Catholic mission, Wamena, Irian Barat.

Side A is 35’38 and Side B is 36’08

Band 20 Diversen Blauw Familie Peters Kant B

Band 20 Diversen Blauw Familie Peters Kant A

“Wim ganege “ Hasin Wajitma
Interview recorded by Herman Peters OFM for his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The interview was recorded in 1963-1964 in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. The interview is in the local language and deals with the sacred stones of the ancestors as described in his thesis on pages 89-101 and pages 151-160. In between some words are said in Dutch. On the cover is also added after wim ganege hasin wajitna. This could be reference to wim ganege hakasin in the village of Wajatma where Herman Peters observed the ceremony on 4-6 September 1963.
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl. 
The tape is bigger 10 cm diameter than the one Herman Peters used usually 8 cm

Side A is 103’12 and Side B is 57’35

Band 22 Wim Ganege Kant B

Wam wagunoak wasin
Interview recorded by Herman Peters OFM for his thesis “Enkele hoofdstukken uit het sociaal-religieuze leven van een Dani-groep” published Dekker en van de Vegt, Utrecht, 1965. The interview was recorded in 1963-1964 in the Baliem Valley in West Papua. The interview is in the local language and deals with wagun-oak or the slaughtering of pigs to stop too much rain in the area of the Siep Gosi in the spring of 1964. There is a relation with the wagunmo that is the place where the spirits of the dead Siep-Gosi stay. It is a small remote square house in the forest or between the reed in which hang gourds for the spirits of the initiated and bundles of grasses for the spirits of the non-initiated. See page 73. Also indicated on the cover is hathale of unknown meaning, lejukmo a village of the Itlai-Hadluk and segan balin, making fire with a fire-saw. It is practised the day after the jogal isin, when girls get the skirt of a woman and described on page 124-125
The thesis has also been published in English with the title: "Some observations of the social and religious life of a Dani-group", Jayapura Lembaga Anthropologi Univ. Cenderawasih, 1975.
The tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl. 
The tape is bigger 10 cm diameter than the one Herman Peters used usually 8 cm

Side A is 64’06 Side B is empty

Band 23 Wam Wagonoak Kant A

A tape of Herman Peters in which one can hear on side A his festive arrival on a Sunday probably in 1964 while on leave in his home town and family house accompanied by a brass and drum band, the board members of the neighbourhood societies, a local priest and members of the family while a number of people are awaiting him. We can hear speeches of welcome and singing children at his family home and the scene moves to the local youth house where the refreshments are taken. On side B are radio recordings from the German broadcast Liebe Freund der Schalplatten with popular songs from that time James Last, Louis Armstrong, Cliff Richards, Dave Clark five, Shirley Bassey, Floyd Cremer, The Searchers, The Rhythm Kings at the end one can hear soft voices talking.
Side A is 37’21 and Side B is 34’22

Band 21 Diversen Blauw Venlo Kant A

Modderfeest side B1
A Philips LP 13 tape, speed 9,5 cm/s, 4 channel mono, recorded by Jules Camps OFM. It is a recording of a ritual, a hotaly festivity, a mud festivity for a girl after her first menstruation, in this case Milige Logo in the village of Sagatnokoma 17 March 1973. Jules Camps made also a movie of this occasion Hotaly Milige Logo see https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/nl/FI/40/1 and another movie of an alike ritual Hotaly Pupukhe https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/nl/FI/40/52.  During the festivity women and girls engage in a mud game, hesi japin, and try to put mud on the heads and in the faces of the others and become totally covered with mud. The other part on side B1 and B2 is called on the cover segetabin of as yet unknown meaning. All these parts were recorded in the Baliem Valley in West Papua and the language is the local Dani language. The last part on side A2 is a recording of a speech in Dutch that Jules Camps gave at the opening of an exhibition of the artist Victor IV (Walter Carl Gluck) and primitive art of Africa and New Guinea in the Rank Xerox Social Centre at Venray from 7 September to 5 October 1972.
Side A1 is 42’06, Side A 2 is 14’51, Side B1 is 46’27 and Side B2 is 45’25

Band 25 Modderfeest Kant B1

Modderfeest side B2
A Philips LP 13 tape, speed 9,5 cm/s, 4 channel mono, recorded by Jules Camps OFM. It is a recording of a ritual, a hotaly festivity, a mud festivity for a girl after her first menstruation, in this case Milige Logo in the village of Sagatnokoma 17 March 1973. Jules Camps made also a movie of this occasion Hotaly Milige Logo see https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/nl/FI/40/1 and another movie of an alike ritual Hotaly Pupukhe https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/nl/FI/40/52.  During the festivity women and girls engage in a mud game, hesi japin, and try to put mud on the heads and in the faces of the others and become totally covered with mud. The other part on side B1 and B2 is called on the cover segetabin of as yet unknown meaning. All these parts were recorded in the Baliem Valley in West Papua and the language is the local Dani language. The last part on side A2 is a recording of a speech in Dutch that Jules Camps gave at the opening of an exhibition of the artist Victor IV (Walter Carl Gluck) and primitive art of Africa and New Guinea in the Rank Xerox Social Centre at Venray from 7 September to 5 October 1972.
Side A1 is 42’06, Side A 2 is 14’51, Side B1 is 46’27 and Side B2 is 45’25

Band 25 Modderfeest Kant B2

Modderfeest side A1
A Philips LP 13 tape, speed 9,5 cm/s, 4 channel mono, recorded by Jules Camps OFM. It is a recording of a ritual, a hotaly festivity, a mud festivity for a girl after her first menstruation, in this case Milige Logo in the village of Sagatnokoma 17 March 1973. Jules Camps made also a movie of this occasion Hotaly Milige Logo see https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/nl/FI/40/1 and another movie of an alike ritual Hotaly Pupukhe https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/nl/FI/40/52.  During the festivity women and girls engage in a mud game, hesi japin, and try to put mud on the heads and in the faces of the others and become totally covered with mud. The other part on side B1 and B2 is called on the cover segetabin of as yet unknown meaning. All these parts were recorded in the Baliem Valley in West Papua and the language is the local Dani language. The last part on side A2 is a recording of a speech in Dutch that Jules Camps gave at the opening of an exhibition of the artist Victor IV (Walter Carl Gluck) and primitive art of Africa and New Guinea in the Rank Xerox Social Centre at Venray from 7 September to 5 October 1972.
Side A1 is 42’06, Side A 2 is 14’51, Side B1 is 46’27 and Side B2 is 45’25

Band 25 Modderfeest Kant A1

Modderfeest side A2
A Philips LP 13 tape, speed 9,5 cm/s, 4 channel mono, recorded by Jules Camps OFM. It is a recording of a ritual, a hotaly festivity, a mud festivity for a girl after her first menstruation, in this case Milige Logo in the village of Sagatnokoma 17 March 1973. Jules Camps made also a movie of this occasion Hotaly Milige Logo see https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/nl/FI/40/1 and another movie of an alike ritual Hotaly Pupukhe https://www.papuaerfgoed.org/nl/FI/40/52.  During the festivity women and girls engage in a mud game, hesi japin, and try to put mud on the heads and in the faces of the others and become totally covered with mud. The other part on side B1 and B2 is called on the cover segetabin of as yet unknown meaning. All these parts were recorded in the Baliem Valley in West Papua and the language is the local Dani language. The last part on side A2 is a recording of a speech in Dutch that Jules Camps gave at the opening of an exhibition of the artist Victor IV (Walter Carl Gluck) and primitive art of Africa and New Guinea in the Rank Xerox Social Centre at Venray from 7 September to 5 October 1972.
Side A1 is 42’06, Side A 2 is 14’51, Side B1 is 46’27 and Side B2 is 45’25

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