Tribal Music of India: The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh
produced by Roderic C. Knight (Folkways Records, 1983), 47 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- 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 Muria and the Gonds.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 47 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Song, Traditional
- Label
- Folkways Records
- Producer
- Roderic C. Knight
- Release Date
- 1983
- Subject
- World Music, Music & Performing Arts, South Asia: Indian Subcontinent, Sul da Ásia: Subcontinente Indiano, Sudeste Asiático: Subcontinente Indio, India
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Sul da Ásia: Subcontinente Indiano, Sudeste Asiático: Subcontinente Indio