Lolig performed two examples of original songs with family and neighbors, both on and in front of the family concession’s graves. The first is a vocal and spike-fiddle version of a song while the second is more typical of a musical group ensemble for community celebrations. Rather than a performance, adults in the vicinity sat to listen and kids lined up to watch or dance, more like a house party for an extended family.
This family lives in the close quarters of an organically constructed village that grows as sons marry and build their homes and families. Passing the elders graves is the only way in or out of the large family concession. Sacrifice, respect and honor underlie the generally relaxed nature an outsider observes when watching a family sitting, laying out, chatting, or sleeping in the large, smooth, raised graves.
The second track of songs also features some praise-shouting to the neighborhood chief and a short example of a dance style. The fluid journey from singing with the kids dancing, to singing while slow-walking around, to approaching the chief, to kneeling for some praise-shouting, to a short, side-bar dance demonstration, portrays the performance leader aspect that comes so natural to experienced artists.