- Title
- The indigenous music of East Timor and its relationship to the social and cultural mores and lulik worldview of its autochthonous people
- Creator
- Dunlop, Roslyn Ann
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- This thesis defines the indigenous music of East Timor and the range and variety of its musical instruments and investigates their place within the societal and cultural mores of its autochthonous people. The island of Timor is a convergence of two major cultural groups, Austronesian and Melanesian, and as a consequence East Timor comprises many ethnolinguistic groups. My empirical research revealed diversity in the indigenous music across these groups, a reflection perhaps of the heterogeneous origins of the peoples who migrated to its shores. The indigenous cultures throughout East Timor, including musical are passed on by oral transmission and have been subjected to many influences and changes over the course of time. East Timor was on a trading network and influences from these other nations affected indigenous cultures. Centuries of invasion and occupation have also impacted the island culture. The widespread destruction by the departing Indonesian armed forces in 1999 affected the indigenous music to the extent that much of it is now regarded as endangered. Prior to this current investigation little had been written about East Timor’s indigenous music, nor has its relationship to lulik, the society and the cultures of its autochthonous people been considered in any detail. Empirical field research has shown that indigenous music is part of East Timorese society and culture rather than a separate entity. Therefore this thesis examines the society and culture of its autochthonous people as part of the investigation and looks at relationships between the indigenous music and these other aspects. East Timorese society is structured through a powerful system of extended marital alliance creating complex relationships between clans and its underlying indigenous belief system is based on ancestral worship. At its core is lulik, considered the spiritual root of all life. Lulik is a complex concept, with many layers, and the governance of lulik’s sacred rules and regulations shapes most relationships in East Timorese society. As well as exploring the relationship between lulik and the indigenous music and societal and cultural mores of East Timor, this thesis proposes a scheme of classification which represents this relationship.
- Subject
- traditional; indigenous; taxonomy; organology; ethnomusicology; ethnolinguistic; autochthonous; ancestors; origin; migration; occupation; lulik; East Timor; uma lulik; sacred house; dance; song; ritual; performance; lia na'in; cultural custodian; liurai; tara bandu; East Timorese; death; myth; society; culture; mores; function; musical; struck; blown; sound; music; barlake; Mau-Lelo Bui-Lelo; instruments; culture emerging; oral tradition; classification; partonomy
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1313493
- Identifier
- uon:22603
- Rights
- Copyright 2016 Roslyn Ann Dunlop
- Language
- eng
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