Orang-Sihir (Song for a sick man), 4

Orang-Sihir (Chant pour un malade), 4 Orang-Sihir (Chant pour un malade), 4
Unpublished sound recordings, made by Pierre Yvanoff between 1953-1954, during an expedition in East Borneo (on the Mahakam River): shamanic ceremony during which Ubung, the medicine man, addresses incantations to the Gods in sight of the healing of a patient.
SEAH Identifier
CNRS00433
Item Number (principal identifier)
CNRSMH_I_1968_028_001_04
Original title
Orang-Sihir (Song for a sick man), 4
Vernacular Title
Orang-Sihir (Chant pour un malade), 4
Date Created
1953
Place
Indonesia
Annotated Place
Borneo, Kalimantan
Population Name (Supplementary Data) /
Dayak
Ethnolinguistic Group
Malayo-Polynesian
Performers, Musicians, Speaker (creator2)
Ubung
Archivist notes
Unpublished sound recordings, made by Pierre Yvanoff between 1953-1954, during an expedition in East Borneo (on the Mahakam River): shamanic ceremony during which Ubung, the medicine man, addresses incantations to the Gods in sight of the healing of a patient.
Instruments (Original Archival Data)
Singing voice: male solo; Beat drum; Gong; Bell
Archivist Category/Genre
Vocal and instrumental music
Collector
Ivanov, Peter
Archivist Data Set (collection)
Expédition à Bornéo, Pierre Yvanoff (1953-1954)
Date Acquired
1968
Holding Institution of Original Materials
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Licensing Institution
Sound archives of the CNRS - MUSEE DE L'HOMME
Points of Access/ Accessing Insitutions
CREM-LESC (CNRS, Univ. Paris-Nanterre, France)
URL
http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/items/52699/
Metadata Language
French; English
Primary Source Citation
https://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/collections/CNRSMH_I_1968_028/
Type of recording
Field recording
Digital Format on Omeka
Wav 48khz-24bit
Time duration
00:06:55
Comment
“These medicine men are rare in Borneo. In the Méhakam region, Ubung is the only medicine man. He was initiated in the lower Méhakam by "bougis", who come from the island of Celebes. He only became Orang-Sihir after a long initiation. Among the Penihing, at the baang of Nahan bohan, a man is dying. Ubung drew white dots on his body so that the Allied Gods would recognize him. Bells are attached to his ankles. He addresses his incantations to the Gods, either in Malay or in the Bahau dialect. it imposes its rhythm on the two young girls who each beat on a gong and on the two men who beat the two small drums. He will officiate all night. But the verdict will be formal: at dawn, the patient will die after his departure. It was true” (Cf. Presentation booklet of the Dayak Music collection. Borneo (Kalimantan)).
Tags/ Keywords
Ceremony; Shamanism
Copyright Information
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 FR
Waveform
http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/items/CNRSMH_I_1968_028_001_04/visualize/waveform_centroid/346x130/
Original Physical Format
Magnetic tape; diameter 18cm; speed 19cm/s; Full Track, Mono
Media Type
Audio