MK 395: Performances and interview in Ruteng, Manggarai (Flores)

MK 395 Performance and interviews recorded in Wae Buka, Kabupaten Ruteng. 3/4 June 1994, 3-6pm. 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. 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).