Name of spirit that gave the kundu drum

Description

Augume had heard that I was interviewing about the kundu drum and the Kokoma guys didn't know who made the first one. Apparently I demanded an answer, so these guys from Pusila came to set things straight.

Takeways

Vocabulary

amanenel, the spirit who entered man to give him life
soo, the name amanenel received after he entered man
usinduguli, the strong (spirit?) of the house man
salaulum eem, the first man (inside name)
mugat eem, the first man (outside name)
vivi embam, the first woman (inside name)
sisim limonn, the first woman (outside name)
salamalu eem, our God? ...(could also be man again?)

Kundu drum spirit explanation

last edited June 23, 2023, 10:05 a.m. by Steve

Speaker: Augume

Orthographic text

halugut unim om endet angol hala sibeesibee endee enenn sibeesibee om senembig om hutee igel enenn hutee angol hala anand angol hala eb i halugut om salaha et

0:00:15: (the spirit said the names of these drums, made them then went inside a man to give him life)
0:00:29: (the spirit's name was amananel. the woman was sisim limonn and the man was mugat eem)
0:00:39: (mugat eem made the kundu drum)
0:00:44: (when he wanted to leave his kids and go inside he said eem salamalu eem)
0:00:51: (the spirit who went inside was called soo, this is the spirit in me now talking [i think he means human life in general and isn't claiming direct possession])
0:01:07: (am i right or not, i'm just telling you. [man had a body but no animating force]? the spirit who went inside was amanenel, who then took the spirit name soo)
0:01:21: (that's our god salamalu eem)
0:01:24: (when men and animals were working, man hid and watched the animals. man said he wanted to come out and the animals hid, man came out and mixed animal and god behaviour)
0:01:40: (salamalu eem wanted to come out, all the spirits moved and man took the ground and made tok ples)
0:01:49: (the wind went inside like i said, amanenel and soo, he created him, soo got his spirit name and said salamau sa salamau, our god)
0:02:03: (when our ancestors were sick they called on their god to give them bel isi)
0:02:11: (i told you this because you were asking for it, is it right or not? we just tell you)
0:02:23: (mugat eem, an outside name they guy who looked after animals, talked to them and his dead ancestors?)
0:02:31: (mugat eem and sisim limoon made the kundu. the woman taught the man how to make it and he played kundu)
0:02:43: (they hadn't slept together yet and the woman taught the man what is sin and what is true. then they had kids)
0:02:58: (the man wanted to give a spirit name to his child, salamau vuee)
0:03:04: (the strong of our house man usinduguli, the man was in there and he came out)
0:03:16: (some repetition)
0:03:27: (here's my short talk, is it right or not?)
0:03:40: (inside the woman's name is vivi embam, salalum eem. outside mugat eem, sisim limonn)