Collection : The Bora of the Pascoe River: Cape York Peninsula, Northeast Australia

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Title: The Bora of the Pascoe River: Cape York Peninsula, Northeast Australia
Depositor / contributor: Laade, Wolfgang (collecteur)
Document status: Published
Description: The bora, or boys’ initiation ceremonies, of the Aboriginal peoples of Cape York Peninsula in Northeastern Australia were already under threat by outside influence when this recording was made by Wolfgang Laade in 1963 (it was released in 1975). He interviewed tribal elders in the sacred bora ground to document the myth of the crocodile hero―on which the bora is based―and to describe the ceremonies as they had been performed. Other elders recorded traditional bora songs. The experience is especially heightened by the sounds of work and life permeating throughout.
Recording context: Terrain
Recording period: 1963 - 1963
Year published: 1975
Access type: metadata
Corpus: Folkways Records et Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

	Title	Digitized	Recordist	Location	Year of recording	Code
	The Bora of the Pascoe River: Cape York Peninsula, Northeast Australia :A01			Australie	1963	DI.1985.012.012:A01