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Religious Music of Asia

Various Artists
Religious Music of Asia

From India to Taiwan, from the bare chants of Islam to the absence of vocals in Jainist worship, the diversity of Asian religious traditions is revealed in devotional music and prayer. The continuity of Asian religious practices is also revealed, as Buddhist rituals are filtered through the musical traditions and instruments of places as far as Nepal and China. Accompanied by the ambient sounds of everyday life, the recordings capture the unvarnished reality and vitality of the prayers, chants, devotional songs, processions and celebrations that characterize the practice of the disparate Asian religions.

Track Listing

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Male reciting prayer
00:40
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102
Muezzin (solo male voice)
02:22
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103
Solo male worshipper
02:30
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104
Hindu priest at wedding
02:15
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105
Boy singing in Bengali language, Calcutta
01:41
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106
Hindu Brahmins drumming and ringing bells
07:42
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107
Sikh worshipper, Golden Temple of Amritsar
02:47
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108
Nepalese Buddhist monks
02:48
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201
Chinese Buddhist priest
01:30
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202
Chinese Buddhist nuns
02:12
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203
Brass band at Taiwan parade
01:23
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204
Reverend Sohatu Ogata, his sons, and Zen students at Shokokuji Monastery, Kyoto
05:06
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205
Kyoto University students practicing zazen
02:49
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206
Zen monk
05:14
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207
Shinto musicians at Konkokyo Church of Izuo, Osaka
01:53
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208
Shinto congregants at Konkokyo Church of Izuo, Osaka
02:04