Materials
humor
ICH Materials 71
Audios
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Wari Tolavuvu!(Hurry, Tolavuvu!)
While Track 9 and Track 10 share the same stories in their introductions, they have two different endings. Literally, this track says that the child’s mother has gone to catch fish in the sea, while the child is facing the wall. The baby refuses to have his meal, and the rooster eats up all the food kept for the baby. The grandmother looks after the baby until the mother comes back and attends to the baby again. It is usually sung by an old man to calm the baby down, especially when the baby cries after he wakes up from sleep. The song has a good sense of humor, so the baby laughs in the end.
Fiji 1977 -
Oa! Oa! Oa! Oa! Bui kei Ququ(Song for Bui kei Ququ)
This is a lullaby that mentions two characters, a grandmother (Bui) and Ququ. It is usually sung by an old man to calm the baby down, especially when the baby cries after he/she wakes up from sleep. The song has a good sense of humor, so the baby laughs in the end. Literally, it says that the child’s mother has gone to catch fish in the sea; the child, having to learn of this, refuses to eat; and the rooster ends up eating the food kept for the baby.
Fiji 1977