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The Four Vedas
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The Four Vedas

produced by Frits Staal (Folkways Records, 1968), 1 hour 50 mins
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The Four Vedas

produced by Frits Staal (Folkways Records, 1968), 1 hour 50 mins
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Frits Staal
Date Published / Released
1968
Publisher
Folkways Records
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Into the Secret of the Heart by Guru Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
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Into the Secret of the Heart by Guru Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

(Folkways Records, 1976), 40 mins
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Into the Secret of the Heart by Guru Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

(Folkways Records, 1976), 40 mins
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1976
Publisher
Folkways Records
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Music for Meditation
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Music for Meditation

(Folkways Records, 1976), 41 mins
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Music for Meditation

(Folkways Records, 1976), 41 mins
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1976
Publisher
Folkways Records
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The Ramayana
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The Ramayana

(Cook Records, 1961), 40 mins
Calypso is not the only musical genre known to Trinidad: there is a large East Indian presence on the Caribbean island, which ensures that the traditional orchestral sounds of India mingle with the sounds of Afro-Caribbean dance musics. In this recording, B.O. Girwarr sings a selection from the first great Sanskr...
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The Ramayana

(Cook Records, 1961), 40 mins
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Calypso is not the only musical genre known to Trinidad: there is a large East Indian presence on the Caribbean island, which ensures that the traditional orchestral sounds of India mingle with the sounds of Afro-Caribbean dance musics. In this recording, B.O. Girwarr sings a selection from the first great Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana. The setting of this religious chanting is accompanied by a five-piece Indian ensemble of local and South Asia... Calypso is not the only musical genre known to Trinidad: there is a large East Indian presence on the Caribbean island, which ensures that the traditional orchestral sounds of India mingle with the sounds of Afro-Caribbean dance musics. In this recording, B.O. Girwarr sings a selection from the first great Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana. The setting of this religious chanting is accompanied by a five-piece Indian ensemble of local and South Asian instruments. Show more Show less
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1961
Publisher
Cook Records
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Tribal Music of India: The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh
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Tribal Music of India: The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh

produced by Roderic C. Knight (Folkways Records, 1983), 47 mins

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...

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

produced by Roderic C. Knight (Folkways Records, 1983), 47 mins
Description

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...

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.

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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Roderic C. Knight
Date Published / Released
1983
Publisher
Folkways Records
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