Vol. 32 No. 1 (2009): Pacific Studies Full Issue

Authors

The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Studies, Brigham Young University–Hawaiʻi

Abstract

Omengeredakl are group chants sung in the islands of Palau, West Micronesia. They stand out from the rest of the repertoire of Palauan vocal music because of certain musical features not 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 time 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

Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Studies, The Jonathan Nāpela Center for (2009) "Vol. 32 No. 1 (2009): Pacific Studies Full Issue," Pacific Studies Journal: Vol. 32: No. 1, Article 12.
Available at: https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/pacific-studies-journal/vol32/iss1/12