Ritual Music of Ethiopia
Various Artists

Undocumented and unreleased before this 1973 album, the music of nomadic tribes in Ethiopia such as the Adjuran, Hanafa, and Tigre is often sung with gasps and shouts, accompanied by both instruments—drum, one-string violin (masequo), five-string kvar, and flute (washint)—and vocalized trills. Music accompanies all types of dances, which are described in the liner notes along with the songs and information on the communities represented in the album’s music.
Track Listing
101
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Kammba Drum Solo (Wallano tribe) / Woyisha cow horn (Wallano tribe) | Malko Bokie | 2:16 | |
102
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Lembola (Hanafa tribe) | Male Hanafa singers | 1:42 | |
103
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Borquekka, Ox Song (Gernu tribe) / Ox song and chant (Gernu tribe) | Gernu tribesman of Arba Minch | 3:16 | |
104
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Washint Instrumental | Three musicians of the Tigre tribe | 4:13 | |
105
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Gojjam Endenesh (Where There Is Plenty of Honey)(Tigre tribe) | Traditional Tigre folk song | 4:15 | |
106
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Introduction of Man to Woman (Adjuran tribe) | Adjuran tribesmen | 5:25 | |
107
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Giddle Instruments: "Hanata" (Horn) / Filla (Flute) / Mira (Pipes of Pan) / Filla (Flute) / Iolata (Horn) | Gidole musicians | 4:34 | |
108
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Giddle Instrumental (Giddle tribe) | Thirty-six Gidole flutists | 2:56 | |
109
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Sabbath Service (Falashim tribe) | Falshim people of Ambover | 3:33 | |
110
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Hermana (Bringing the Cattle to the Water)(Borana tribe) | Women of the Borana | 2:58 | |
111
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Siyawe (Wedding Song)(Burgi tribe) | Music of the Burgi Tribe | 3:48 | |
112
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Guretta (Greeting Song) | Music of the Konso people | 3:48 |