OMENGEREDAKL: AESTHETICS OF SOUND AND VOCAL MUSIC IN PALAU

Authors

Birgit Abels, International Institute for Asian Studies (lIAS),Follow

Abstract

Omengeredakl are group chants sung on the islands of Palau, West Micronesia. They stand out from the rest of the repertoire of Palauan vocal music because of certain musical features nor found in other extant Palauan songs. The distinctly Palauan sound of this song type, and how this "audible locality" is manifested in song, has at times been used extensively in the localization of Self, and at times less so. The article argues that this has led to changes in the popularity of omengeredakl over the course of the last century.

Recommended Citation

Abels, Birgit (2009) "OMENGEREDAKL: AESTHETICS OF SOUND AND VOCAL MUSIC IN PALAU," Pacific Studies Journal: Vol. 32: No. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/pacific-studies-journal/vol32/iss1/1