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This now concludes a project I began in 1965 but does not conclude my research on Rotenese ritual poetry.Master Poets, Ritual Mastersmerely marks a stage in this continuing work. Suti Solo do Bina Bane, and its variantSuti Saik do Bina Liuk, is one ritual composition in the considerable Rotenese cha...

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Published inMaster poets, ritual masters p. 417
Main Author JAMES J. FOX
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published ANU Press 18.04.2016
Subjects
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Arts
Behavioral sciences
Christianity
Cultural anthropology
Cultural customs
Death rites
Funerary rituals
Literary genres
Literature
Poetry
Practical theology
Religion
Religious practices
Religious rituals
Rites of passage
Rituals
Spiritual belief systems
Theology
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Summary:This now concludes a project I began in 1965 but does not conclude my research on Rotenese ritual poetry.Master Poets, Ritual Mastersmerely marks a stage in this continuing work. Suti Solo do Bina Bane, and its variantSuti Saik do Bina Liuk, is one ritual composition in the considerable Rotenese chant repertoire. It is considered an ‘origin chant’, but it has also been used as a mortuary chant. The knowledge of this composition throughout the island afforded me a superb opportunity to follow a lead in gathering variants of this chant and then to proceed to examine them,
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