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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 Palin. 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.

On the cover is also a reference to probably the typed-out interview as the scripta of Herman Peters OFM to page 16a. Until now the scripta have not been located.

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 33’10 and Side B is 33’12