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

101	Solomon Islands: Uunu Song-leader and men's choir, Kwaifalu	03:25
102	Solomon Islands: Solo on the Susuku Bundle Panpipe Aeresuuga	00:47
103	Australia: Women's Wu-ungka Songs (excerpt) Utekn, Yuimuk	02:02
104	Java: Tarawangsa (excerpt) Pak Supria, Pak Amat	03:12
105	Cambodia: Phlèng Khlom (excerpt) The Pinpeat Orchestra of Siemreap-Angkor, conducted by Prach Chhuon	04:04
106	Laos: Pheng Phi Fa (excerpt) Phu Thao Tène, Thao Sene, Thao Seng, Thao Bunkeud	03:11
107	Tibetan Ritual: Invocation to the Goddess Yeshiki Mamo (excerpt) The Lamas of the Nyingmapa Monastery of Dehra Dun	01:48
108	Japan: O-fune-matsuri nerikomi bayashi O-Suwa-Daiko Ensemble, Daihachi Oguchi	03:14
109	Mexico: Son de la Media Bamba (Dance of the Negritos) Totonac dance group from Papantla, Veracruz	03:35
110	Brazil: Marido paru (Excerpt) Group of Bororo men, Mato Grosso	01:15
111	Côte d'Ivoire: Dance of the Elephant Mask Baoulé men and women, Lolobo village, Yamoussoukro	03:42
112	Central African Republic: Ze ze ze kuluze Two Ngbaka men	03:51
113	Yemen: Zar Omar Yussof Traibi	03:26
114	Syria: Akh Tagorye H'achirye (excerpt) Evelyne Daoud	03:58
115	Afghanistan (Herât): Na't Sufi Abu Bakr	03:39
116	Ukraine: Why Do You Weep, Why Do You Lament? Folk ensemble of Alexeyevka village, Starosyniavs'kiy District, Khmelnytskyi	02:20
117	Armenia: Ourah ler sourp yeghehetzi Choir of the Mekhitarist Community of San Lazzaro	03:56
118	Turkey: Pesrev in makam Bayati (excerpt) Kudsi Erguner	03:59
119	Sicily: Gloria C. Genco, G. Genco, M. Lombardo, P. Mendola, G. Milazzo, G. Pace, A. Randazzo, C. Randazzo, R. Randazzo	03:13
120	Sicily: Invocations of the Nudi and of the Faithful Good Friday procession participants, Assoro, Sicily	01:39