Suti Solo
Rote · numen · Rote traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Suti Solo and Bina Bane are two sea-shells that furnish the title-personae of one of the most widely recited Rotinese origin chants. Torn from the depths of the sea by a storm and carried to the shore, the pair lament their separation from their watery origin; the chant is sung at mortuary rites, where the shells' parting from the sea figures the soul's departure from the living, and it is also attached to the origin of a ceremonial cloth. In parallel recitation the two names function as a single dyadic subject even as the shells are pictured as a matched pair.
Domains
- sea origins
- mortuary mourning
Powers
- laments separation from the sea
Epithets
- Suti Solo do Bina Bane — Suti Solo and Bina Bane, the paired shellsFox, J.J. 2016. Master Poets, Ritual Masters. ANU Press. (secondary)
Relations
- twin: Bina BaneSuti Solo and Bina Bane are the matched pair of shells named together in the origin chant.Fox, J.J. 2016. Master Poets, Ritual Masters. ANU Press. (secondary)
Sources
- Suti Solo and Bina Bane are the title-personae of a widely recited Rotinese origin chant, sea-shells torn from the deep and carried ashore, recited at mortuary rites and attached to a ceremonial textile.: Fox, J.J. 2014. Explorations in Semantic Parallelism. Canberra: ANU E Press. (secondary); Fox, J.J. 2016. Master Poets, Ritual Masters. ANU Press. (secondary)