Aesthetics as Iconicity of Style, or, ‘Lift-Up-Over-Sounding’: Getting into the Kaluli Groove
| Author(s) | Feld, Steven |
|---|---|
| Title | Aesthetics as Iconicity of Style, or, ‘Lift-Up-Over-Sounding’: Getting into the Kaluli Groove |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Language | eng |
| Number of Pages | 6 |
| Location | Papua New Guinea |
| Relevance to ICH Safeguarding | documentation transmission |
| ICH Genre | performing arts: music rituals worldview |
| Name of the ICH Element | Dulugu ganalan 'lift-up-over sounding' |
| Keywords | music music theory |
| Description | The Kaluli notion of dulugu ganalan 'lift-up-over sounding,' is a style statement, a PNG groove, sound, and beat. It is the Kaluli sound: social identity articulated through human sonic essences. Manifested most directly in Kaluli song form, it also reverberates through other expressive modes. It is a highly patterned artistic verbal, visual, and choreographic expression, as well as being used in everyday interactions. It is linked to the acoustic ecology of the rainforest. The beautiful and the natural become identical. |
| Book/Journal Title | Yearbook for Traditional Music |
| Publisher | International Council for Traditional Music |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date of Publication | 1988 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Pages | 105-110 |
| ISSN | 0740-1558 |
| Academic Field | ethnomusicology anthropology |
| Community/Ethnic Group | Kaluli Southern Highlands |
| Contributor | Papua New Guinea National Cultural Commission |
| Active Contribution | Papua New Guinea, FY 2024 |
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