Author(s)	Be, Francis Natte
Title	O keknen ruk tenik Lukara: Changing Rituals and Musical Performances of the Sulka People of Papua New Guinea
Publication Type	Thesis/Dissertation
Language	eng
Location	Papua New Guinea
Relevance to ICH Safeguarding	documentation intangible-tangible interface education
ICH Genre	performing arts: music performing arts: dance festive events rituals
Name of the ICH Element	Lukara feast Sulka
Keywords	music dance East New Britain
Description	This thesis examines the understanding of tradition in the Lukara feast practices of the Sulka people. Lukara is a ritualized feast involving initiations, rites, and musical performances. It embodies and expresses all other aspects of Sulka culture, including their social values, traditional knowledge and practices, social status, and group identity through initiations, rites, and musical performances. This study looks at changes in such feasts to understand the Sulka perspective on tradition and change. It draws on ethnography, auto-ethnography, and archival research. It adds to our understanding of tradition as a ritual or process more than as a thing of the past. It also helps us understand the significance of musical performances in defining 'tradition' in the context of Melanesian cultures.
Publisher	University of Auckland
Place of Publication	Auckland
Date of Publication	2018
Academic Field	ethnomusicology anthropology
Community/Ethnic Group	Sulka East New Britain
Contributor	Papua New Guinea National Cultural Commission
Active Contribution	Papua New Guinea, FY 2024
Data Collection Project	Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding: Focusing on Central Asia and Small Island Developing States