OLAC Record: Documentation of zapal 'folk stories' in Bunaq, a minority language of West Timor

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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1315207

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Title: Zapal tueq a lilak

Tueq a lilak

Documentation of zapal 'folk stories' in Bunaq, a minority language of West Timor

Contributor: Selly

Antoinette

Contributor (speaker): Manuel Mela

Coverage: Indonesia

Date: 2013-03

Description: The story is concerned with the treament of his drunk father by his children. The central observation of the story appears to be that people of Chinese descent honour their parents regardless of how disgracefully they behave, while other peoples do not.

Bunaq "zapal" is an endangered form of fairy tale-like folk story traditionally told in the family group at night before going to sleep. With the arrival of electricity and television in Bunaq villages, the traditional night time forum for telling "zapal" has been lost. As a result, children know little or nothing of this aspect of Bunaq culture; only elderly community members and some adults know individual tales from the vast canon of "zapal" that the Bunaq once had. The "zapal" encapsulate and elucidate aspects of the Bunaq world view and their environment. The documentation of "zapal" therefores provide an unique perspective on the traditional livelihoods and beliefs of the Bunaq for researchers.

Bunaq with occasional Indonesian/Malay

Born in and resident of Henes village.

Living in Kupang, but from Henes village.

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Identifier: oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1315207

Identifier (URI): https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1315207%23

Publisher: Antoinette Schapper

Subject: Literature

Zapal

Bunak language