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Ritual Chant and Music

Various Artists
Ritual Chant and Music Ritual Chant and Musicis a compilation of recordings from across the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music. Representing cultures from around the globe, the album includes funeral rites, harvest celebrations, and religious ceremonies.  Highlights include a Javanese mountain song played on the tarawangsa, a rare two-stringed fiddle, performed in a harvest ritual dedicated to the rice goddess; a Ukrainian wedding song sung during the unbraiding of a young bride’s hair; and an Afghan na’tsung in praise of the Prophet Mohammad. The liner notes provide descriptions of the recordings featured in this superb collection.

Track Listing

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Solomon Islands: Uunu n/a 03:25
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102
Solomon Islands: Solo on the susuku bundle panpipe Aeresuuga 00:47
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103
Australia: Women's Wu-ungka songs (extract) Utekn, Yuimuk 02:02
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104
Java: Tarawangsa (extract) Pak Supria, Pak Amat 03:12
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105
Cambodia: Phle´ng Khlom (extract) Pinpeat orchestra of Siemreap-Angkor, Chhuon 04:04
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106
Laos: Pheng Phi Fa (extract) Phu Thao Tène, Thao Sene, Thao Seng, Thao Bunkeud 03:11
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107
Tibetan Ritual: Invocation to the Goddess Yeshiki Mamo (extract) The Lamas of the Nyingmapa Monastery of Dehra Dun 01:48
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108
Japan: O-fune-matsuri nerikomi bayashi O-Suwa-Daiko ensemble, Oguchi Daihachi 03:14
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109
Mexico: Son de la Media Bamba Totonac dance group 03:35
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110
Brazil: Marido paru (extract) n/a 01:15
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111
Co^te d'Ivoire: Dance of the elephant mask Lolobo village, Yamoussoukro subprefecture 03:42
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112
Central African Republic: Ze ze ze kuluse n/a 03:51
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113
Yemen: Zar Omar Yussof Traibi 03:26
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114
Syria: Akh Tagorye H'achirye (extract) Evelyne Daoud 03:58
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115
Afghanistan (Herat): Na't Sufi Abu Bakr 03:39
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116
Ukraine: Why do you weep, why do you lament? Folk ensemble of Alexeevka village in the Starosiniaski district of the Khmelnitski region 02:20
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117
Armenia: Ourah ler sourp yeghehetzi Choir of the Mekhitarist Community of San Lazzaro 03:56
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118
Turkey: Pesrev in makam Bayati (extract) Kudsi Erguner 03:59
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119
Sicily: Gloria C. Genco, G. Genco, M. Lombardo, P. Mendola, G. Milazzo, G. Pace, A. Randazzo, C. Randazzo, R. Randazzo 03:13
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120
Sicily: Invocations of the nudi and of the faithful n/a 01:39