Performance and interview: Sanggar Lawe Lenggong in Wae Buka, Ruteng, Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara (Flores)

Unpublished
field recordings by Margaret Kartomi in Wae Buka, Ruteng, Manggarai, East
Nusa Tenggara (Flores). 2 cassette tapes.

Cassette 1 (C395):

Notes include hand-drawn illustrations of several instruments, including
tambor (two-headed drum), mbetung, rattles, sunding tongkeng (endblown
flute), sunding holé (sideblown flute), thin gongs in frame (see
image).

Contents according to notes:

1. Tari Akovoja. Rice-planting dance (choreographed), dancers SMP [middle
school] girls in pink baju [shirts] and songké skirt, wear[ing] nggorong
(bells)
2. Main Cacih. Regu Cacik. Lagu Goul. Bells on ankle.
3. Girl sings Lir Ilir with gendang [drum], nggone & mbetung
4. Interview in home of leader Joseph Ngadot. Hermanus (singer & lead
dancer in Main Cacih) sings a) Nggong Dende Rambung (name of place and
person). Vaeta (undulates). Wife cries because husband died. b) Dende Wangka
Danggang - listed but not recorded. c) Dende Kunti: song to play with baby,
funny.

Performance recorded in Wae Buka, Ruteng. 3.6.94 3-6pm.

Cassette 2 (C396):

Side A:
4.6.94 Ruteng. Interview (cont'd) at Sanggar Lawe Lenggong.

Side B:
Short excerpts of another interview and performance.