WM2-021b - William Takaku & Pidia Kaur Group - Film and Promotional Items

WM2-021b-001: Film clip by Brett Doig. Featuring Pidia Kaur group and ol lain long Pidia village. Sung by Kamalita from Pidia village off the Bibirois album by William Takaku and the Pidia Kaur Group 2013. “Traditionally, arts and ceremonies were used to pass on beliefs, morality and codes of behaviour. Ceremonial art was integral to the ordering of society. Stories often used environmental metaphors. Tradition was based on a respect for the environment, a harmonious relationship with it. It was not a hierarchical situation in which the environment was secondary, as is the case in a technological age. Through music we cross the line between life and death” – William Takaku William is not only featured on this “Bibirosi” CD, he was the inspiration behind it. William was a proud and culturally strong Bougainvillean man. He sadly passed away in 2011. Takaku pushed for greater support of both the theatre and the national film industry in PNG. He, along with Albert Toro also wrote and directed an eight part, 25 minute television series: “Warriors in Transit”. In this series the mother and father look after the central figure, a sick child, until his death. “The child,” says Takaku, “is a symbol of the nation, the parents are the government, which does not know how to treat the country’s sickness. “Families,” he goes on, “are the root of all love that kept societies together. Now that it is crumbling, the house is rotting and people are wandering around mad. “Warriors in Transit” is, in a sense, a question,” says Takaku. “Where do we go from here? How do we transit into this new era and why do we have to do it?” Source: Wantok Musik (David Bridie & Steven Gagau, May 2025). Language as given:

WM2-021b-001：布雷特·多伊格（Brett Doig）制作的电影片段。出镜者包括Pidia Kaur团体及ol lain long Pidia村村民。由Pidia村的卡玛莉塔（Kamalita）演唱，收录于威廉·塔卡库（William Takaku）与Pidia Kaur团体2013年发行的专辑《Bibirois》中。

"传统上，艺术与仪式被用于传递信仰、道德观与行为准则。仪式艺术是社会秩序构建不可或缺的部分。故事常运用环境隐喻。传统的基石是对环境的尊重及与环境的和谐共生关系。这并非如技术时代那般，将环境置于次要地位的等级制情境。通过音乐，我们跨越生死的界限。"——威廉·塔卡库

威廉不仅参与了这张《Bibirois》CD的制作，更是其创作灵感的源泉。他是一位自豪且文化底蕴深厚的布干维尔人（Bougainvillean）。遗憾的是，他于2011年离世。塔卡库曾推动为巴布亚新几内亚（PNG）的戏剧与国家电影产业提供更多支持。他与艾伯特·托罗（Albert Toro）共同编写并执导了一部共8集、每集25分钟的电视系列剧：《转型中的勇士》（Warriors in Transit）。在该系列剧中，一对父母照料着核心角色——一名患病儿童，直至其离世。"这个孩子，"塔卡库表示，"象征着国家，父母则代表政府，而政府不知如何医治国家的弊病。""家庭，"他继续说道，"是维系社会凝聚力的所有爱的根源。如今家庭体系正在瓦解，整个社会结构如同腐朽的房屋，人们在疯狂中流离失所。""从某种意义而言，《转型中的勇士》是一个设问，"塔卡库称，"我们该何去何从？如何向新时代转型？以及为何必须转型？"

来源：Wantok Musik（大卫·布里迪（David Bridie）与史蒂文·加高（Steven Gagau），2025年5月）。原文语言：