A Voyage Round The World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution, commanded by capt. James Cook, during the years 1772,3,4, and 5 by Georg Forster, F. R. S. in two volumes (vol.2) / Georg Forster
Travel of Georg Forster

82. Women singing religious couplets

Raiatea - Society Islands (Ulietea, Raietea)
Title
Women singing religious couplets
Short description
Georg Forster speaks of the religious habits of the islanders.
Text on source
The women sing a short couplet, which seems to be an act of adoration paid to that divinity, perhaps because they suppose her to have some influence upon their physical economy.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 152
Date
1774 06 03
Observations on the events description
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
No other participants in this event description.
Narrator
1
Place
1
Sounds
1
How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Women singing religious couplets" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 03 31.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76

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