Aesthetics as Iconicity of Style, or, ‘Lift-Up-Over-Sounding’: Getting into the Kaluli Groove

Author(s)
Feld, Steven
Title
Aesthetics as Iconicity of Style, or, ‘Lift-Up-Over-Sounding’: Getting into the Kaluli Groove
Publication Type
Journal Article
Language
eng
Number of Pages
6
Location
Papua New Guinea
Keywords
music music theory dulugu ganalan 'lift-up-over sounding'
Relevance to ICH Safeguarding
documentation transmission
ICH Genre
performing arts: music rituals worldview
Description
The Kaluli notion of dulugu ganalan 'lift-up-over sounding,' is a style statement, a PNG groove, sound, and beat. It is the Kaluli sound: social identity articulated through human sonic essences. Manifested most directly in Kaluli song form, it also reverberates through other expressive modes. It is a highly patterned artistic verbal, visual, and choreographic expression, as well as being used in everyday interactions. It is linked to the acoustic ecology of the rainforest. The beautiful and the natural become identical.
Book/Journal Title
Yearbook for Traditional Music
Publisher
International Council for Traditional Music
Place of Publication
New York
Date of Publication
1988
Volume
20
Pages
105-110
ISSN
0740-1558
Academic Field
ethnomusicology anthropology
Community/Ethnic Group
Kaluli Southern Highlands
Contributor
Papua New Guinea National Cultural Commission
Active Contribution
Papua New Guinea, FY 2024
Data Collection Project