Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest

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Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest captures the variety and tonal quality of the solo and choral traditions present in Mbuti vocal music. Songs are primarily concerned with Mbuti's nomadic life and the forest, from which their lives and those of the animal kingdom are sustained. These prized recordings have been remastered and resequenced to reflect Dr. Turnbull's original mode: the recording begins in the forest with music associated with hunting and gathering, moves to the village for a Bantu initiation ritual, and finally returns to the forest for the Mbuti rituals. This record documents the music discussed in the book The Forest People, read by many anthropology classes. A superbly annotated favorite among world music enthusiasts. "...[F]rom the moment Colin Turnbull lets the chatter and work rhythms of the encampment he's approaching engulf the jungle's ambient insect and bird music, I'm hooked." — The Village Voice

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101	In the rainforest approaching a forest camp	Birds, crickets, and young Mbuti Pygmy boys in the Ituri Rainforest	1:38
102	Elephant-hunting song	Group of Mbuti men	3:05
103	Elephant Hunt song	Group of Mbuti men and boys	5:12
104	Spear song	Group of Mbuti men	3:03
105	Cries of beaters during net hunting: signalling and shouting	Group of Mbuti Pygmies	0:59
106	Honey-gathering song	Group of Mbuti women	2:54
107	Animal Dance song	Group of Mbuti Pygmies	2:40
108	Flute duet	Two Mbuti Pygmies	1:52
109	Flute solo	Pakasi	2:07
110	Slit-gong signalling	Slit-gong signalling	1:15
111	Mbuti dance in Bantu village	Group of Mbuti men and women	2:15
112	Lukembi and voice	Abdul Aziz	2:26
113	Lukembi (Mbuti)	Mbuti Pygmy playing lukembi	1:38
114	Bachelor duet with Lukembi	Two Mbuti bachelors	1:36
115	Musical bow	Ndaka man playing musical bow	2:30
116	Musical sticks	Nkumbi initiation dance	1:44
117	Nkumbi initiation song	Group of Mbuti boys led by Ndaka villager	0:45
118	First song of the Elima, the women's society	Group of Mbuti women	1:54
119	Second song of the Elima, the women's society	Group of Mbuti women	1:11
120	First Molimo fire dance song	Group of Mbuti men	2:04
121	Second Molimo fire dance song	Group of Mbuti men	1:26
122	Molimo song with a preliminary argument	Group of Mbuti men and women	2:36
123	First Molimo song sung only on occasions of great importance	Group of Mbuti men	2:34
124	Second Molimo song sung only on occasions of great importance	Group of Mbuti men	1:53
125	Molimo song: Darkness is good	Group of Mbuti men	2:17
126	Molimo song of devotion to the forest	Group of Mbuti men	1:30

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