Kuautoga, Takaroga

Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of field recordings, some audiovisual material, transcripts and research notes collected in Tokelau and Futuna, Vanuatu.

Scope and Contents A recording survey of the music of Futuna was made in August and September 1990 by Takaroga Kauautoga, resident of Futuna and fieldworker of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre, and Allan Thomas, Lecturer in the School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The aim of the survey was to record examples of each kind of music in Futuna for archiving and study purposes. Archive copies were deposited in Futuna, Port Vila, Wellington and in the various Archives involved in...