Garamut (Slit-drums) among the Kayan: A Case Study of the Historical and Contemporary Significance of Garamut among the Kayan People of Madang, Papua New Guinea
| Author(s) | Yambisang, Alphonse Aime |
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| Title | Garamut (Slit-drums) among the Kayan: A Case Study of the Historical and Contemporary Significance of Garamut among the Kayan People of Madang, Papua New Guinea |
| Publication Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Language | eng |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.14264/uql.2016.4 |
| Location | Papua New Guinea |
| Relevance to ICH Safeguarding | documentation intangible-tangible interface education transmission |
| ICH Genre | performing arts: music performing arts: dance rituals social practices festive events |
| Keywords | organology slit-drum |
| Description | People "make" the world through physical manipulation and ideational construction. Humans shape, change, and manipulate the material world. But less obvious are how objects in turn shape human existence. This research investigates how the slit-drum (garamut, Tok Pisin), imbued with power and agency, affects some groups of people in PNG. Such instruments are indelibly linked to their prosperity as a people, giving them collective and individual identity. The author explores how such instruments have a social influence on people's lives and how they are also keeping abreast with new changes as a result of colonization. Although widely applicable, this study is focused on garamut culture in Kayan village in Madang province. |
| Publisher | University of Queensland |
| Place of Publication | Brisbane |
| Date of Publication | 2015 |
| Academic Field | anthropology ethnomusicology |
| Community/Ethnic Group | Kayan Madang |
| Contributor | Papua New Guinea National Cultural Commission |
| Active Contribution | Papua New Guinea, FY 2024 |
| Data Collection Project | |