Travel of Georg Forster
Dusky Sound - New Zealand (Dusky Bay)
Title
Peace and friendship ceremony at Dusky Bay
Short description
Georg Forster describes the meeting between Captain Cook and one of the natives: he carries out a sort of peace ritual that guarantees friendship between them.
Text on source
At last one of them stuck his spear in the ground, and taking a bunch of grass in his hand met the captain, and giving him end of the grass to hold while he kept the other, he pronounced a solemn speech in a loud tone of voice, during a minute or two, in which he made several pauses, perhaps waiting for a reply. As soon as this ceremony was over, they saluted each other, and the New Zeelander took new garment from his own shoulders and presented it to the captain, for which he received a hatchet in return.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 169
Date
1773 04 20 circa
Observations on the events description
This type of event can be related to "Men's ritual ceremony at Dusky Bay" (event number 17).
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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Forster, Johann Reinold
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How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Peace and friendship ceremony at Dusky Bay" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 03 13.
doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76
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