Skip to main content

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

Various Artists
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

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