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Bongo, Backra & Coolie: Jamaican Roots, Vol. 1
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produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Folkways Records, 1975), 40 mins

Jamaican folk music blends African, European and East Indian (in dialect: Bongo, Backra and Coolie) roots into something distinctly Jamaican. Kumina, a magico-religious cult of predominantly rural peasantry, includes invocation of and possession by gods and ancestral spirits aided by songs and drumbeats. Convin...

produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Folkways Records, 1975), 40 mins
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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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Bembé: Shangó (Santeria)
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produced by Verna Gillis, 1942- and John Santos; in Music of Cuba (Folkways Records, 1985), 6 mins
produced by Verna Gillis, 1942- and John Santos; in Music of Cuba (Folkways Records, 1985), 6 mins
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Sulur - Flute Duo:  Pargao Par,  Anga Karsana Par
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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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