Travel of Georg Forster
Duck Cove - New Zeland
Title
Dancing woman at Duck Cove
Short description
Georg Forster witnesses the conversation between Captain Cook and the natives who, finally, let the crew members approach them. The onset of night forces them to leave; upon their departure, the younger of the two women begins to dance noisily.
Text on source
The man remained silent, and looked after us with composure and great attention, which seemed to speak a profound meditation; but the youngest of the two women, whose vociferous volubility of tongue exceeded every thing we had met with, began to dance at our departure, and continued to be as loud as ever.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 139
Date
1773 04 06
Observations on the events description
Georg Forster talks about a noisy dance: we can suppose that the woman accompanied her movements with sounds produced with her body or voice.
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
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Cook, James
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How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Dancing woman at Duck Cove" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 03 07.
doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76
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