Various – Sulawesi: Festivals, Funerals, And Work (CD, Comp) (Mint (M))

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Extensive notes and map complement these remarkable recordings.

The string music highlighted in Volume 15 is only part of the picture in Sulawesi. Here we present a variety of other musical groups, recorded in three of the island’s four provinces. The celebrated Makasar genre pakarena features energetic drumming in sharp contrast to the slow, graceful movements of female dancers. Basing is funeral music of the Kajang, performed by two female singers and two long flutes, or by the flutes alone; Kajang find it deeply sorrowful. Choral singing in very different styles is heard from the Toraja, from Uma-speakers of the mountainous Pipikoro region in Central Sulawesi, and in communal work songs of Minahasa. Gong music for Mongondow weddings adds to our sampling of gong ensembles throughout Indonesia. The album closes with maengket from Minahasa, spirited choral singing with drums in celebration of the harvest.

MAKASAR: Musicians Of Kalaserena, Kecamatan, Bontonompo, Kabupaten Gowa, South Sulawesi. Genre: Pakarena

KAJANG: Musicians Of Desa Tana Toa, Kecamatan Kajang, Kabupaten Bulukumba, South Sulawesi. Genre: Basing

TORAJA: Singers Of Desa Balla Satanetean, Kecamatan Mamasa, Kabupaten Polewali Mamsa, South Sulawesi. Genre: Simbong

UMA-SPEAKERS: Singers Of Desa Onu, In The Pipikoro Region, Kecamatan Kulawi, Kabupaten Donggala, Central Sulawest. Genre: Raego’

MONGODOW: Musicians Of Desa Motabang, Kecamatan Lolak [Track 7] And Desa Tudu Aog, Kecamatan Passi [Track 8], Both In Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi. Genre: Kulintang

TOMBULU (Minahasa): Singers OF Desa Taratara Satu, Kecamatan Tomohon, Kabupaten Minahasa, North Sulawesi. Genre: Marani

TONTEMBOAN (Minahasa): Singers Of Desa Kiawa Satu, Kecamatan Kawagkoan, Kabupaten Minahasa, North Sulawesi. Genre: Maengket

All selections recorded in Sulawesi in 1996 and 1997.

. Makasar
1. Jangang Lea-Lea (Part 3): Drums, Shawm, Gong, Singers 7:05
2. Jangang Lea-Lea (Part 4): Drums, Shawm, Gong, Singers 10:21
. Kajang
3. Rikong: Female Singers, Flute Duo 7:16
4. Tempa Sorong: Flute Duo 7:33
. Toraja
5. Simbong (Excerpt): Male & Female Choruses 5:11
. Uma-Speakers
6. Raego: Mixed Chorus 11:25
. Mongodow
7. Toki Hajat Perkawinan (Excerpt): Gong Ensemble 4:10
8. Toki Hajat (Excerpt): Gong Ensemble 2:45
. Tombulu (Minahasa)
9. Esa Na Wia-Wia Mokaria: Mixed Chorus 1:26
10. Tanumo: Mixed Chorus 1:07
11. Sei Si Maka Leso Ekaria: Mixed Chorus 1:09
12. Iveha (Excerpt): Mixed Chorus 2:37
. Tontemboan (Minahasa)
13. Ma’Owei Kamberu: Mixed Chorus, Drums 10:53

 

 

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