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 and the subject is on clans and their alliances. See page 56-60, also on other pages with deal with all kinds of ceremonies and habits the subject is mentioned and of importance.
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 7c to 6c. Until now the scripta have not been located.
Side A is 34’25 and Side B is 28’12

Band 16 Scripta 7c Tm 6c Clan Combinatie Kant B

“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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