MW6-101 - Interview with ToPuek ToNata, Rabuana, Rabaul District, ENBP (Continued)

Tape#2, Tolai Warwagira discussions on 2 August 1993. Side A&B. Puek ToNata was awarded on Queens Birthday honours list in 1972 with an MBE for his broadcasting services at Radio Rabaul Station. As a Committee member to the Tolai Warwagira, be was involved both in the activities as well as live broadcast as well as recordings for delayed and late broadcasts to listeners as coverage of the festival. First held in 1971, the Tolai Warwagira Festival was the ENB Provincial Cultural Show that became an annual event that features traditional music or singsing tubuna, choir and stringband, live electric bands contests. The Kuanua word for Warwagira spoken by Tolai people is "Show or act of showing or a showcase. The competition on performances were judged by very selective, well known, reputable and iconic cultural experts on both traditional, contemporary, choral and artifects, carvings and performance decorations of traditional costumes like "blis, polopoko, tokotokoi, kangal etc" we for the expression for arts and craft, custiomes and traditions. The traditional song and dance or "singsing tubuna" were daytime activities the the types included items like "Vutung, Libung, Kulau, Parpari, Pinpidik, Tabaran (kakaka'o and pipi'il). Some singsings like Tubuan and Dukduk were restricted chiefs and elders due to sacredness and not for competition so not included in the festival. Stringbands, choirs and gospel music performers also featured in competitions The night-time activities included the Baining "kavat" fire dancers and live music bands competing with set music of songs to be performed. The preparations of the singsing tubuna items involved "kunubak" with spirits and ancestors of supernatural to perform in public and attract and have power over the judges, audiences for expressive performances showcasing the edge through beauty of art, compelling song and dance through dancers in a trance or "langoron". Other contemporary performances mainly with stringbands also has songlines involved with politics, colonisation and self determination agendas such as the "Mataungan movement" that was instrumental to the Tolai people activism for self government of the province in the 1970s'. The interviews in 1993 was about 20 years after when it started, the Warwagira slowed down a few years after the volcanic eruptions with changing priorities for social and economic developments rather than funding the arts based event. The Warwagira was to be revamped at late 1990s'. (Steven Gagau, January 2020). Language as given:

编号2录音带：1993年8月2日关于托莱伊（Tolai）族群瓦瓦吉拉（Warwagira）节庆的讨论录音，包含A、B两面。普克·托纳塔（Puek ToNata）于1972年入选女王生日授勋名单，获颁大英帝国勋章（MBE），以表彰其在拉包尔广播电台（Radio Rabaul Station）的广播服务贡献。作为托莱伊瓦瓦吉拉节庆组委会成员，他不仅参与节庆的各项活动，还负责赛事的现场直播，以及录制节目以供延迟播出与延时覆盖，让听众可以收听节庆的全程报道。托莱伊瓦瓦吉拉节庆（Tolai Warwagira Festival）始于1971年，最初为东新不列颠（ENB）省级文化展演活动，后发展为年度盛事，赛事涵盖传统歌舞"singsing tubuna"、合唱团、弦乐队与现场电声乐队的竞技展演。托莱伊人使用的库阿努阿语（Kuanua）中，"Warwagira"一词的含义为"展示行为或展演活动"。本次展演赛事的评审团队由兼具传统、当代、合唱领域专业素养，且声望卓著、极具影响力的文化专家组成，评审范畴涵盖传统与当代艺术、合唱艺术，以及传统服饰（如"blis""polopoko""tokotokoi""kangal"等）、雕刻与表演装饰工艺，以展现当地的工艺美术、服饰与传统风貌。传统歌舞"singsing tubuna"为日间展演项目，品类包括"Vutung""Libung""Kulau""Parpari""Pinpidik""Tabaran（kakaka'o与pipi'il）"等。部分歌舞形式如"Tubuan"与"Dukduk"因具有神圣性，仅限酋长与长老参与，不纳入赛事范畴，因此未出现在节庆活动中。弦乐队、合唱团与福音音乐表演者同样可参与赛事角逐。夜间展演项目则包括巴宁族（Baining）的"kavat"火舞表演，以及现场音乐乐队，后者需按照指定曲目完成竞技表演。"singsing tubuna"的展演筹备需进行"kunubak"仪式，以召唤超自然神灵与先祖，通过公开表演赢得评委与观众的认可；舞者以沉浸式的艺术美感、富有感染力的歌舞，甚至进入迷幻状态（即"langoron"）来凸显表演的张力。其余以弦乐队为主的当代展演，则包含涉及政治、殖民史与自决议题的"歌路（songlines）"元素，例如"Mataungan运动"——该运动在20世纪70年代助力托莱伊族群为争取该省自治开展的维权行动。本次1993年的访谈距节庆创办已有约20年。瓦瓦吉拉节庆在火山喷发后的数年间逐渐式微，当地社会与经济发展的优先级发生转变，不再为这类艺术活动提供经费支持。该节庆原计划于20世纪90年代末进行翻新改版。（史蒂文·加高（Steven Gagau），2020年1月）所用语言说明：