Mono Alu Folklore: Bougainville Strait, Western Solomon Islands (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781162609874)

Mono Alu Folklore: Bougainville Strait, Western Solomon Islands is a book written by Gerald Camden Wheeler. The book is a comprehensive study of the folklore and traditions of the Mono Alu people, who inhabit the Bougainville Strait region in the Western Solomon Islands. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the cultural practices, beliefs, and customs of the Mono Alu people, including their myths, legends, and oral traditions. The author has conducted extensive fieldwork and research to gather information about the Mono Alu people and their folklore. The book includes a detailed description of the Mono Alu language, as well as a glossary of terms used in the book. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the culture and traditions of the Mono Alu people and the Western Solomon Islands.1926. This collection of Tales and Song Texts was made during a stay in Alu and Mono, Bougainville Strait, Western Solomon Islands in 1908-9 for ethnological research. Most of them were taken down from the dictation of the Mono-Alu man Bitiai, a blind man, son of the late chief Big Gorai. The song texts were given from dictation without the music. In the case of eight of the tales, the author had no Mono text. Many of the tales though gathered by Wheeler in Alu or in Mono, come from outside the islands in the Bougainville Strait, from Buim (South Bougainville). Mono is known as Treasure Island, Alu as Shorthand Island; with Fauru they may be grouped as the islands of the Bougainville Strait.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Gerald Camden Wheeler
ISBN-10: 1162609877
ISBN-13: 9781162609874
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 406
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.83d