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Indian Music of the Upper Amazon

Various Artists
Indian Music of the Upper Amazon "The area designated by the vague term ‘Upper Amazon’ is actually incredibly extensive. The great Amazon system drains three million square miles of territory, or approximately half the South American continent. Some of its most remote tributaries, fed by melting glaciers in the Andes, originate less than eighty miles from the Pacific coast. Others extend upward into the highlands of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. This vast area, flanking the eastern slopes of the Andean chain, embraces a bewildering number of Indian tribes, an almost unbelievable number of unrelated languages, and a series of tropical forest cultures that range from exceedingly simple and primitive to highly sophisticated and complex..."

Harry Tschopik, Jr.

"A área designada pelo vago termo “Alto Amazonas” é em realidade incrivelmente extensa. O enorme sistema fluvial amazônico drena um território de três milhões de milhas quadradas, aproximadamente metade do continente sul-americano. Alguns dos afluentes mais remotos se originam oito milhas da costa do Pacífico e são alimentados pelas geleiras dos Andes. Outros vem das regiões altas da Venezuela, Colombia, Equador, Peru e Bolívia. Nesta vasta área há um número de tribos indígenas, com um inacreditável número de línguas distintas, e uma série de tradições tropicais que variam de extremamente simples e primitivas as mais sofisticadas e complexas..."

Harry Tschopik, Jr.

"El vago término ‘Alto Amazonas’ designa, en realidad, un área increíblemente extensa. El enorme sistema fluvial amazónico drena un territorio tres millones de millas cuadradas, aproximadamente la mitad del continente suramericano. Algunos de sus más remotos tributarios, alimentados por los glaciares andinos, se originan a menos de ochenta millas de la costa pacífica. Otros provienen de las tierras altas de Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia. Esta vastísima área abarca un inmenso número de tribus indígenas, una casi increíble cantidad de lenguajes independientes, y una variedad de culturas que abarcan desde las extremadamente simples y primitivas hasta las más sofisticadas y complejas..."

Harry Tschopik, Jr.


Track Listing

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101
Kukama men singing, drumming
02:16
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102
Kukama pan-pipe players, drummers
01:45
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103
Kukama flute player
01:57
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104
Kukama flute player, two drummers
01:32
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105
Shipibo-Conibo drummers, mixed voices
02:16
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106
Shipibo-Conibo drummer, flute player, mixed voices
02:49
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107
Shipibo-Conibo drummers, male singer
01:22
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108
Shipibo-Conibo man
01:22
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109
Shipibo-Conibo drummer
01:06
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110
Shipibo-Conibo man
02:27
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111
Shipibo-Conibo drummer, blowing tube player, bell player, mixed voices
01:43
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112
Three Shipibo-Conibo women
01:32
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201
Asháninka men and women
01:50
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202
Asháninka female singers and drummer
01:14
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203
Asháninka pan-pipe player
01:08
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204
Asháninka pan-pipe player
01:20
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205
Asháninka hunter
00:45
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206
Asháninka male singer with female chorus, drummer
02:20
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207
Two Asháninka drummers
01:13
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208
Asháninka men and women
02:10
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209
Shipibo-Conibo flute player
01:12
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210
Shipibo-Conibo male and female singers, drummer
02:17
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211
Two Shipibo-Conibo drummers
01:23
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212
Shipibo-Conibo flute player
01:22
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213
Shipibo-Conibo female mourners
01:30
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214
Two Shipibo-Conibo drummers
01:44