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

90. Drumming and dancing on the shore

Malakula - Vanuatu (Mallicollo)
Title
Drumming and dancing on the shore
Short description
Georg Forster describes the music and dances he heard and observed from the Resolution.
Text on source
We heard them singing and beating their drums all night, and could observe them sometimes dancing; so that we concluded they were of a very chearful disposition.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 208
Date
1774 07 21
Observations on the events description
See also event number 29 from "Second Travel of James Cook".
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
Name
Role
Notes
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Cook, James
Travel fellow
Forster, Johann Reinold
Travel fellow
Narrator
1
Participants
2
Cook, James participated as Travel fellow
Forster, Johann Reinold participated as Travel fellow
Place
1
Sounds
3
How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Drumming and dancing on the shore" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 04 05.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76

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