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Title:Lorenso Simeon: Old Tobi Fishing Song
Lorenso-Simeon-old-Tobi-fishing-song
Ramari Hatohobei
Contributor:Lorenso Simeon
Contributor (recorder):Peter W Black
Coverage:Palau
Date:2014-06-04
Description:On June 4, 2014 Peter W. Black filmed Lorenso Simeon reading the Old Fishing Song of Tobi from the Fishing Lore of Tobi: The Fishing Lore of Tobi Island (Peter W. Black 1968, 2005) http://www.friendsoftobi.org/tobithings/fishing/fishinglore/fishingloreoftobiisland.htm Old Tobi Fishing Song http://www.friendsoftobi.org/tobithings/fishing/fishinglore/fishingloreoldtobifishingsong.htm They were at Lorenso’s home in Eang, Koror, Palau. Lorenso makes his way through this text. Toward the end, the words seem to resonate and Lorenso begins to sing. A discussion of this session by Peter W. Black is included here at tb61-04274-sla-2014-06-04.pdf. Text of the old Tobi fishing song is included here at tb61-04345-sla-2014-06-04.pdf.
Documenting Ramari Hatohobei (literally the Tobian language of Tobi), a severely endangered Micronesian language. Tobi is one of the Southwest Islands of the Republic of Palau, a Micronesian nation in the western Pacific. Severely endangered, Tobian is currently spoken by approximately 150 people. Tobian and the dialects of Sonsorol, Merir, and Pulo Anna, the other three Southwest Islands, are closely related to the languages spoken in the outer islands of Yap and Chuuk.
Born: Tobi Resides in: Echang, Koror and Tobi
Born: Rome NY US Resides in: Hawaii US
Format:video/mp4
application/pdf
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Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI849422
SG0242
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI849422%23
Publisher:Peter Black
Friends of Tobi Island
Subject:Songs
Tobian language
Subject (ISO639):tox
Type:Video

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Archive:  Endangered Languages Archive
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI849422
DateStamp:  2017-02-01
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Citation: Lorenso Simeon; Peter W Black (recorder). 2014-06-04. Peter Black.
Terms: area_Pacific country_PW iso639_tox

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Country: Palau
Area: Pacific


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