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-22.120355

Longitude

167.491

Start Date

2023-02-19

End Date

2023-02-19

Peroveta Motu Christmas Song - Ia Baineme Torea. There are two vocal parts in Peroveta singing. The parts that the women sing is called Pere and the parts that the men sing is Maru. So Pere is the most important and with Pere there is a woman who begins it and that the most important because she sets the tone on how the singing is going to go. In this group Hane Dietz known as Biaguna, leads the singing or the descant for the singing. It is known as Perepere in Rarotongan, Cook Islands and in Hula it is known as Verage which literally means you climb. The example is in the song Sivarai Namo where Wari Powell was doing the Perepere or the climbing part. The song is about the time of census in the bible in the Christmas at the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ making reference to Maria that's Mary and the words mamoe ireguna about the shepherds out in the field and an angel appeared to them. Song Lyrics. la baineme torea Maria danu ia ena he ... Maria danu ia ena maoheni Vada eme rogorogo la baineme torea Maria danu ia ena he ... Maria danu ia ena maoheni Vada eme rogorogo la vada mara ia ena mero Roboa eme abia la vada mara ia ena mero Roboa eme abia Mamoe ireguna haida Unai tano ai enohova ldia vahu ai edia seri egimadia Mamoe ireguna haida Unai tano ai enohova ldia vahu ai edia seri egimadia Lohiabada ena aneru Ta ia badinai he Lohiabada diaridiari Erne hururu diho. Lohiabada ena aneru Ta ia badinai he Lohiabada diaridiari Erne hururu diho. (Deveni Temu and PNG Peroveta Singers Canberra, February 2023)

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