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Rabam kragoak
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produced by Chinary Ung, 1942-; in Cambodia: Traditional Music, Vol. 2: Tribe Music, Folk Music and Popular Dances (Folkways Records, 1979), 3 mins

The album opens with an entrancing tune played on a single reed bamboo flute that enthralls and draws the listener into the musical journey presented in this collection. Recorded in 1979 and compiled by revered composer Chinary Ung, Chinary focuses on capturing and documenting both the songs themselves and the ins...

produced by Chinary Ung, 1942-; in Cambodia: Traditional Music, Vol. 2: Tribe Music, Folk Music and Popular Dances (Folkways Records, 1979), 3 mins
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The Flight of the Hummingbird
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produced by Sally Price, 1943- and Richard Price; in Music from Saramaka: A Dynamic Afro-American Tradition (Folkways Records, 1977), 2 mins
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Traditional Songs of the Western Torres Straits, South Pacific
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produced by Wolfgang Laade, 1925-2013 (Folkways Records, 1977), 29 mins

One might plausibly assert that the Melanesians of the western Torres Strait have moved along with the world, turning to new cultural practices and losing interest in the traditions perceived as old and outdated once Western ideas and technologies reached the islands’ shores. The liner notes explain that most...

produced by Wolfgang Laade, 1925-2013 (Folkways Records, 1977), 29 mins
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Hill Maria Dance
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produced by Roderic C. Knight; in Tribal Music of India: The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh (Folkways Records, 1983), 2 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...

produced by Roderic C. Knight; in Tribal Music of India: The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh (Folkways Records, 1983), 2 mins
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