Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: The ceremonial flutes and the large slit drums are the most significant musical instruments of the Sepik River region. The sculptures and decorations on the instruments link them to the mythical world and their sounds represent the voices of ancestor spirits. Furthermore, a detailed music analysis reveals the miscellaneous and complex ways of how the ceremonial music represents this society’s structure and its driving force. This contribution is based on the findings from a short field trip in the 1980 and the study of relevant publications.
DOI: 10.4000/jso.8411
Author: Raymond Ammann
Institution: Universität Innsbruck
Language: French
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2883271749