WM2-001h - A Bit Na Ta - dancing at st michaels kadaulung

The traditional 'bird' dance is called 'Amalip" in the Kuanua language. The dancers wear the headdress and covered with special natural leaves as body costumes and masked with the red beak parrot bird (A malip). This a typical dance 'malagene' of the Tolai people and the meanings and significance is connected to ancestral spirits with storylines expressed with song and dance. The performers would most probably come from the Toma area as the type of dancing is known to the people of Viviran Village (Stanley Vuvu). The place Kadaulung is in the inland Bainings area of the Gazelle Peninisula of East New Britain Province. (David Bridie & Steven Gagau, April 2025). Language as given:

传统的“飞鸟舞”在库阿努阿语（Kuanua）中被称作“Amalip”。舞者头戴头饰，身披特制天然叶片作为身饰，并佩戴红喙鹦鹉（A malip）造型的面具。这是托莱人（Tolai people）典型的“malagene”舞种，其内涵与祖先神灵息息相关，故事情节通过歌舞予以呈现。该舞蹈的表演者大概率来自托马（Toma）地区，因为维维兰村（Viviran Village，Stanley Vuvu）的民众对该舞种十分熟悉。卡道隆（Kadaulung）地处东新不列颠省（East New Britain Province）加泽尔半岛（Gazelle Peninsula）的内陆拜宁斯（Bainings）区域。（David Bridie与Steven Gagau，2025年4月）。语言说明如下：