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Dabuyabarugu: Inside the Temple - Sacred Music of the Garifuna of Belize
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...
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produced by Carol Jenkins and Travis Jenkins (Folkways Records, 1982), 52 mins
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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 album is meant to send one into a transient state.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Carol Jenkins, Travis Jenkins
Date Published / Released
1982
Publisher
Folkways Records
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Volume 1: AfricaPart 3: Regional Case StudiesNorth Africa: An Introduction
written by Caroline Card Wendt, fl. 1982; edited by Ruth M. Stone, 1942- (New York: Routledge (Publisher), 1997), 17 page(s)
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written by Caroline Card Wendt, fl. 1982; edited by Ruth M. Stone, 1942- (New York: Routledge (Publisher), 1997), 17 page(s)
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
General reference book, Compendium
Contributor
Ruth M. Stone, 1942-
Author / Creator
Caroline Card Wendt, fl. 1982
Date Published / Released
1997-08-01, 1997
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Person Discussed
Béla Bartók, 1881-1945, Joseph Harold Greenberg, 1915-2001, Hassan Jouad, George Peter Murdock, 1897-1985, Abu l-Hasan Ali (Ziryab) Nafi
Topic / Theme
Arab, African, American, Andalusian, Bedouin, Berber, San, Greek, Hausa, Persian, Tuareg, Sidi, Moroccan, Arab Andalusian, Algerian, Mauritanian, European, Tunisian, Kabyle, Malian, Nuba, Phoenician, Recreational drugs, Religious literature, Musicians, Religious calendar, Christianity, Islam, Religious rites and ceremonies, Prayer and meditation, Empire, Sufism, Music theory, World, Accordion, Pia...
Arab, African, American, Andalusian, Bedouin, Berber, San, Greek, Hausa, Persian, Tuareg, Sidi, Moroccan, Arab Andalusian, Algerian, Mauritanian, European, Tunisian, Kabyle, Malian, Nuba, Phoenician, Recreational drugs, Religious literature, Musicians, Religious calendar, Christianity, Islam, Religious rites and ceremonies, Prayer and meditation, Empire, Sufism, Music theory, World, Accordion, Piano, Bagpipes, Castanets, Sticks, Clarinet, Cymbals, Drum, Drum, cylindrical, Drum, frame, Tambourine, Darabukka, Drum, goblet, Kettledrum, Viola, Violin, Guitar, Lute, Tar, Ud, Mandolin, Oboe, Organ, Keyboard, Piano, Reed, Saxophone, Trumpet, Fiddle, Chorus, Bendir, Ganga, Tabl, Tidinit, Harp-Lute, Imzad, Drum, mortar, Rabāba, Tahardent, Tbel, Tende
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Music from an Equatorial Microcosm: Fang Bwiti Music from Gabon Republic, Africa, with Mbiri Selections
produced by James W. Fernandez, fl. 1973 (Folkways Records, 1973), 48 mins
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produced by James W. Fernandez, fl. 1973 (Folkways Records, 1973), 48 mins
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
James W. Fernandez, fl. 1973
Date Published / Released
1973
Publisher
Folkways Records
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Tareng
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...
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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
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"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 entirely within Guyana, where all the three families are well represented..."
David Blair Stiffler
"Esta grabación presenta canciones... "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 entirely within Guyana, where all the three families are well represented..."
David Blair Stiffler
"Esta grabación presenta canciones de las tribus amerindias Warrau, los Caribes y los Arawak de Guyana, América del Sur. Estas familias amerindias están diseminadas por los ríos y canales de la costa norte de Sur América, al sur del Orinoco y al norte del Amazonas, pero esta grabación fue realizada enteramente en la Guyana, donde la población de todas las tres familias está bien representada..."
David Blair Stiffler
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David Blair Stiffler
"Esta grabación presenta canciones... "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 entirely within Guyana, where all the three families are well represented..."
David Blair Stiffler
"Esta grabación presenta canciones de las tribus amerindias Warrau, los Caribes y los Arawak de Guyana, América del Sur. Estas familias amerindias están diseminadas por los ríos y canales de la costa norte de Sur América, al sur del Orinoco y al norte del Amazonas, pero esta grabación fue realizada enteramente en la Guyana, donde la población de todas las tres familias está bien representada..."
David Blair Stiffler
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
David Blair Stiffler, fl. 1981-2014
Date Published / Released
1982
Publisher
Folkways Records
Topic / Theme
Healing, Exorcisms
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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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(Cook Records, 1961), 40 mins
Description
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.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1961
Publisher
Cook Records
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