Master poets, ritual masters: The art of oral composition among the Rotenese of Eastern Indonesia

Master poets, ritual masters: The art of oral composition among the Rotenese of Eastern Indonesia

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This is a study in oral poetic composition. It examines how oral poets compose their recitations. Specifically, it is a study of the recitations of 17 separate master poets from the Island of Rote recorded over a period of 50 years. Each of these poets offers his version of what is culturally consid...

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Main Author: J. Fox, James (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: ANU Press 2016
Subjects:
Indonesia
Poetry anthologies (various poets)
Oral history
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
eastern indonesia
oral poetry
anthropology
Delhi University Students' Union
Dengka language
Dialect
Meno
Rice
Ringgou language
Sacred language
Termanu language
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