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

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