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The Spirit Cries: Music from the Rainforests of South America and the Caribbean

Various Artists
The Spirit Cries: Music from the Rainforests of South America and the Caribbean

For this first title of the Endangered Music Project, Mickey Hart explored the vast repositories of the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center, sorting through hundreds of hours of tapes representing rainforest cultures of the New World. The album, originally released in 1993, represents musics of seven tribal cultures: the Garifune of Belize; the Choco Indians of Panama and Colombia; the Shipibo and the Ashaninka, both of Peru; the Aluku of French Guiana; the Wayana of Suriname, and the Maroons of Jamaica. The music is integrally connected to settings where healing, spiritual forces, and practical knowledge of the forest converge. The Spirit Cries: Music from the Rainforests of South America & the Caribbean was issued in 1993 as part of “THE WORLD” series (now part of the Mickey Hart Collection made available by Smithsonian Folkways).

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EN ESPAÑOL

Para este primer título del Proyecto de música en riesgo, Mickey Hart exploró los grandes depósitos del Centro Folklife de América de la Biblioteca del Congreso , clasificando a través de cientos de horas de cintas que representan a las culturas de la selva tropical del Nuevo Mundo.

El álbum, lanzado originalmente en 1993, representa la música de siete culturas tribales: la Garífuna de Belice, los nativos de Chocó de Panamá y Colombia, los shipibo y los asháninka, ambos de Perú, los Aluku de la Guayana Francesa, los Wayana de Suriname y los Maroons de Jamaica.

La música está integralmente conectada a arreglos donde convergen los procesos de curación, las fuerzas espirituales y el conocimiento práctico de los bosques.

El Espíritu clama: Música de las selvas tropicales de América del Sur y el Caribe fue emitido en 1993 como parte de la serie ”EL MUNDO“ (ahora parte de la Colección de Mickey Hart puesta a disposición por Smithsonian Folkways).

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Track Listing

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Sara Gongez and ritual participants (Garifuna)
04:11
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102
Eulalia Ramirez, Bernadette Arzu, Mili Martinez, and Isabella Mejia
02:24
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103
Valentina Nuñez, Marcella Lewis
01:42
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104
Garifuna women
02:52
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105
Garifuna men and women
03:10
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106
Roman Palacio and Fabiana Alvarez
02:02
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107
Garifuna men and women
02:34
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108
Garifuna men and women
02:51
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109
Garifuna women
02:36
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110
Garifuna women
02:44
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111
Emberá (Chocó) shaman
01:56
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112
Shipibo-Conibo woman
02:08
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113
Asháninka girls
01:14
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114
Two young Aluku men
04:31
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115
Aluku man
02:22
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116
Aluku man
02:44
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117
Aluku man
01:49
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118
Aluku men
01:03
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119
Aluku men
01:33
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120
Aluku man
00:55
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121
Aluku man
01:40
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122
Aluku man with agwado
01:38
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123
Aluku drummers and dancers
01:41
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124
Wayana man
02:00
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125
Wayana woman
01:26
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126
Maroon musicians, Moore Town, Jamaica
01:34
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Maroon musicians, Moore Town, Jamaica
02:22