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Dabuyabarugu: Inside the Temple - Sacred Music of the Garifuna of Belize
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produced by Carol Jenkins and Travis Jenkins (Folkways Records, 1982), 52 mins

The Garifuna are descendants of escaped slaves who intermarried with native Carib and Arawak Indians. This album is a collection of music recorded during a dugu, a two week ceremonial feast that attempts to placate the gods. Requiring a year of preparation, and an ample supply of rum, the music heard on this al...

produced by Carol Jenkins and Travis Jenkins (Folkways Records, 1982), 52 mins
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Two Palos
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(1910 and 1917); produced by Verna Gillis, 1942- and John Santos; in Music of Cuba (Folkways Records, 1985), 6 mins
(1910 and 1917); produced by Verna Gillis, 1942- and John Santos; in Music of Cuba (Folkways Records, 1985), 6 mins
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Music of Guatemala, Vol. 2
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produced by Jacques Jangoux (Folkways Records, 1973), 42 mins
Produced and recorded by Jacques Jangoux.

"The music presented in this album is typical of rural Guatemala. Most of the inhabitants of this area are Indians of Mayan descent, but almost everywhere in the Guatemalan countryside one can also find Ladinos: persons, of whatever descent, who speak Spanish in their...
produced by Jacques Jangoux (Folkways Records, 1973), 42 mins
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Service at St. Stephens Anglican Church
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(1936, 1946, 1952 and 1941); produced by Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015; in Music of the Bahamas, Vol. 2: Anthems, Work Songs and Ballads (Folkways Records, 1959), 3 mins

When reading Samuel Charters’ saga of his search for Frederick McQueen, one gets the sense that he is chasing a ghost on the Bahamas’ largest island of Andros - coincidentally known for its mysticism and unearthly objects. What Charters discovers, however, is one of the country’s greatest ballad singers an...

(1936, 1946, 1952 and 1941); produced by Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015; in Music of the Bahamas, Vol. 2: Anthems, Work Songs and Ballads (Folkways Records, 1959), 3 mins
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Tareng
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produced by David Blair Stiffler, fl. 1981-2014; in Music of the Coastal Amerindians of Guyana: The Arawak, Carib and Warrau (Folkways Records, 1982), 5 mins
"This recording presents songs of the Warrau, the Carib, and the Arawak Amerindian tribes of Guyana, South America. These families of Amerindian peoples are spread along the rivers and waterways of the Northeast coast of South America, south of the Orinoco and north of the Amazon, but this recording was made enti...
produced by David Blair Stiffler, fl. 1981-2014; in Music of the Coastal Amerindians of Guyana: The Arawak, Carib and Warrau (Folkways Records, 1982), 5 mins
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Eka epu pah
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(1950); produced by David Blair Stiffler, fl. 1981-2014; in Music of the Haut Oyapok: Oyampi and Emerillon Indians, French Guiana, South America (Folkways Records, 1980), 1 min
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Selk'nam Chants of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Vol. 2
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produced by Anne MacKaye Chapman (Folkways Records, 1977), 1 hour 33 mins
"This volume is made of 42 chants also recorded in 1966, when Lola Kiepja was approximately ninety years old. She died on October 9 of that year..."

"Este volumen recoge 42 cantos, también grabados en 1966, cuando Lola Kiepja tenía aproximadamente noventa años de edad. Ella murió el 9 de octubre de ese año...
produced by Anne MacKaye Chapman (Folkways Records, 1977), 1 hour 33 mins
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Shaman Chant No. 21, Shaman Chant No. 22
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produced by Anne MacKaye Chapman; performed by Lola Kiepja; in Selk'nam (Ona) Chants of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (Folkways Records, 1972), 5 mins
"These records comprise 47 chants sung by the last true Indian of the Selk’nam (Ona) group, Lola Kiepja. The Selk’nam had no musical instruments. These chants are sung without any sort of accompaniment. The Selk’nam were the former inhabitants of the largest island of Tierra del Fuego which is located jus...
produced by Anne MacKaye Chapman; performed by Lola Kiepja; in Selk'nam (Ona) Chants of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (Folkways Records, 1972), 5 mins
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