MW6-091 - Interview with Esmund Tade and Karolus Walagat, SIL Guest house, Malaytown

Tape #1: Musical Experience and Journey of Esmund Tade Side A&B: Esmund Tade was born in the 1920s'and comes from Vunamami village in Kokopo District. His musical experiences include making and playing a unique Tolai traditional instrument, traditional songs and dance and also the introduced guitar stringband music. The Tolai traditional instrument called tinbuk or tutupele in other parts of the Gazelle Peninsula which is percussion instrument, kind of like a two note vibraphone but played in a unique fashion. The tinpuk (tutupele) is made of two pieces of carved wooden sticks tuned to two different notes and beats when tapped against each other to particular rhythms to producing unique sounds. The use of the tinbuk (tutupele) was traditionally for the purpose of generating a musical message of the stillness of the night calling a woman of interest to the man playing the instrument who has the desire and has the mission to get her to fall in love with him. The tinbuk (tutpele) sends the sounds of particular birds known to be associated with magical spells controlled or induced by the men targeting that particular woman in her sleep. The effects are the women will start thinking about the man and be restless and will one day come to the man's house or meet him at whatever situation to join up with his as his partner in relationship or marriage. The types of birds locally known that the tinbuk (tutpele) imitated with the unique tunes and beating rhythms are "giligil, kurkur, piriu, kuuk. The tinpbuk (tutupele) is played in the bushes far away from the village boundaries as its intent and purpose is attracting women who are at their parents houses so the magical spells are specific to the particular woman of interest by the man playing it solo and not in a group. In modern times, men who still make and play the tinbuk (tutpele) are for general relaxation in a man's house only away from family homes. The other Tolai percussion type instruments that are used for traditional songs and dance are "tidir" made of bamboo carved pieces as two beating sticks and "pakupak" as a slit hallow bamboo drum beating with wooden sticks for its sounds. The "tilotilo" similar to the tinbuk is another percussion instrument used by women for singing songs to the rhythms of a particular traditional dancing song. Esmund also explains that the use of special magical powers in dreaming and composing songs and dances like "pinpidik, wutung, parpari, kulau, tapialai" come from people who are passed onto from forebears called "tena buai" and can be of different types and forms like buai na malagene" or "buai na pepe" or "buai na pinitit" for the traditional songs and dances. Esmund later learnt and played the guitar in five-key, three-key, blue mountain key and later spanish key and involved with earlier stringbands. (Steven Gagau, February 2020). Language as given:

录音带#1：埃斯蒙德·塔德的音乐经历与旅程（A面&B面）：埃斯蒙德·塔德出生于20世纪20年代，来自科科波区的武纳马米村。他的音乐经历包括制作并演奏一种独特的托莱人（Tolai）传统乐器、演唱传统歌曲与跳传统舞蹈，以及演奏传入的吉他弦乐队音乐。这种托莱人传统乐器在加泽尔半岛其他地区被称为tinbuk或tutupele，属于打击乐器，类似双音颤音琴，但演奏方式独特。tinpuk（tutupele）由两根雕刻木棍制成，调至两个不同音高，相互敲击以特定节奏产生独特声音。传统上，tinbuk（tutupele）的用途是传递一种夜间静谧的音乐讯息，呼唤演奏者心仪的女性——演奏者渴望并致力于让她爱上自己。tinbuk（tutupele）发出特定鸟类的声音，这些声音与男性施予的魔咒相关，旨在影响熟睡中的特定女性。其效果是女性会开始思念该男性并变得不安，最终会在某一天前往男性家中，或在任何场合与他相遇，成为他的伴侣（无论是恋爱还是婚姻关系）。tinbuk（tutupele）通过独特曲调与敲击节奏模仿的当地已知鸟类种类包括giligil、kurkur、piriu、kuuk。tinpbuk（tutupele）需在远离村庄边界的灌木丛中演奏，因其目的是吸引住在父母家中的女性；因此，魔咒针对演奏者心仪的特定女性，且需由男性独奏，而非集体演奏。如今，仍制作并演奏tinbuk（tutpele）的男性仅在远离家庭住宅的男性专属房屋中用于日常放松。用于传统歌舞的其他托莱人打击乐器包括：由雕刻竹片制成的两根敲击棒tidir，以及用木棍敲击发声的开槽空心竹鼓pakupak。与tinbuk相似的tilotilo是另一种打击乐器，由女性用于配合特定传统舞蹈歌曲的节奏演唱。埃斯蒙德还解释道，在梦境中运用特殊魔力创作pinpidik、wutung、parpari、kulau、tapialai等歌舞的能力，源自被称为tena buai的祖先传承，且针对传统歌舞可分为不同类型与形式，如buai na malagene、buai na pepe或buai na pinitit。埃斯蒙德后来学习并演奏吉他，掌握了five-key、three-key、blue mountain key及spanish key等调式，并参与了早期的弦乐队。（史蒂文·加戈，2020年2月）。原文语言：