Tribal Music of India: The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh

A buffalo-horn trumpet, the hakum, announces the joyful harvest festival and varying types of drums called mandri, kotoloka and kundir take over. A group of women chant antiphonally in leadership of the wedding festivities. Men dance on stilts, creating an intoxicating rhythm that is guided by drums. This is a snapshot of the musical practices found within the Bastar district of India, a region mostly comprised of tribal groups including the Muria and the Gonds.

Track Listing

101	Karsar	Festival participants at Nayanar	07:24
102	Marmi Pata	Group of Muria women and girls	03:58
103	Dito Endana	Group of dancers and drummers	03:23
104	Karsana Pata: Dippara Loporo	Group of female and male singers	04:33
105	Kach Tehendor	Jaw-harp player	01:43
106	Tokaring Warawarang	Two chelik men	02:06
201	Forest Birds	Birds in a forest near village	03:15
202	Geri (Dito) Endana	Group of chelik (men) and motiari (women) at Nayanar	04:47
203	Hulki	Group of chelik (men) and motiari (women) at Garhbangal	03:28
204	Chandu Binu (Kola Endana or Dandar Endana)	Group of motiari (girls) at Nayanar	02:55
205	Sulur Music: Pargao Par / Anga Karsana Par	Two sulur (flute) players	02:24
206	Dandami Maria Song	Group of girls at Borokameli	01:35
207	Hill Maria Dance (1)	Group of male dancers accompanied by drum	01:57
208	Hill Maria Song	Two groups of women singing	01:15
209	Hill Maria Dance (2)	Group of boys dancing and drumming in Dantewada, Abujmarh	02:05