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Bibliographic Citation:
David Bridie (collector), Steven Gagau (data_inputter), Stanley Vuvu (consultant), 2008. A Bit Na Ta - dancing at st michaels kadaulung. JPEG/TIFF. WM2-001h at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/5vdv-pf21
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:
David Bridie (compiler); Steven Gagau (data_inputter); Stanley Vuvu (consultant). 2008. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).
