Why do they (still) sing stories? Singing narratives in Tanjung Bunga (eastern Flores, Lamaholot, Indonesia)
<p>In eastern Flores, on the Tanjung Bunga peninsula (among Western Lamaholot speakers), several times a year, ritual narratives (opak) are performed on a square dancing area, where all the clans of the same ceremonial land meet. Three types of narrative are sung, according to three kinds of r...
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Language: | English |
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University of Indonesia
2016-07-01
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Series: | Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia |
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Online Access: | http://wacana.ui.ac.id/index.php/wjhi/article/view/439 |