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Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest
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Artist
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Mbuti Pygmies.
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Label
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Smithsonian Folkways
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Format
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cutout CD
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Runtime/Release Date
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55'15/1992
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Label Number
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093074040126
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Daedalus Item Code
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17275
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This item is not available.
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Description
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Captured in the field in the late 1950s, these 26 mesmerizing tracks have been combined from two LPs and remastered. Included are elephant hunting songs, a bachelor duet, a song of devotion to the forest, an inititation song, an animal dance song, and much more. "Among the most captivating examples of traditional pygmy music…. The disc begins in a Mbuti camp where small groups sing rounds and play home-made flutes; moves to a Bantu village for raucous ritual observances; and then returns to the forest for private meditations on musical bow (a hunting bow plucked and held to the mouth like a jaw harp) and the fireside evening reveries of the sacred molimo [trumpet]."—All Music Guide The folk music archives that form the wellspring of these Smithsonian recordings are truly incomparable. Encompassing a wide variety of styles, they reflect the heart, soul, and backbone of the American experience as well as indigenous music from around the world. Folkways' impeccable sound and documentation does these artists proud, setting their work off as the treasure it is.
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