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Bosavi: Rainforest Music from Papua New Guinea

Various Artists SFW40487

Two generations of Bosavi musicians and 25 years of field recordings: a comprehensive and intimate musical portrait of life in a Papua New Guinea rainforest community. Includes the contemporary music of the youngest generation of guitar band composers, and performances of many traditional everyday and ritual styles featuring their parents. Recorded and annotated by Steven Feld, producer of Voices of the Rainforest and author of Sound and Sentiment. Three CDs. 193 minutes. 47 tracks. 80-page booklet with photos and extensive notes.
Country(s) Papua New Guinea
Culture Group(s) Bosavi
Keyword(s) Ceremonial; Ritual music; Sound effects; Work songs; World music
Instrument(s) Guitar
Year of Recording 2001
Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Recorded by Steven Feld ; Produced by Steven Feld

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Play	101	My Father, My Heart	Kemuli String Band	3:20
Play	102	Kemuli	Kemuli String Band	2:30
Play	103	Oh No!	Kemuli String Band	2:29
Play	104	What We Said	Kemuli String Band	2:20
Play	105	My Mother	Kemuli String Band	3:04
Play	106	Really Hungry!	Lus Mangi Grin Neks String Band	4:55
Play	107	Sadness	Lus Mangi Grin Neks String Ban	2:57
Play	108	BBK Brother	Difalasulu String Band	2:45
Play	109	E-yo, E-yo	Tasi Kabulo: String Band	3:02
Play	110	Long Ago	Gusuwa String Band	3:37
Play	111	Father, Mother	BVDC String Band	3:14
Play	112	Where Has My Mother Gone?	BVDC II String Band	5:00
Play	113	Rosi, Rosi	BVDC II String Band	3:26
Play	114	Blue Mountain	BVDC II String Band	3:10
Play	115	Sorry, My Sister! You People Go!	BVDC III String Band	3:29
Play	116	Air Niugini Plane	BBK String Band	3:04
Play	117	One Time	BBK String Band	2:41
Play	118	The Sun Is Setting	Gasali Mates String Band	2:57
Play	119	My Sweetheart	Gasali Mates String Band	3:43
Play	201	A men's work group clears a new garden	Fifteen working men	8:44
Play	202	Ulahi sings while scraping sago pith	Ulahi	4:38
Play	203	Ulahi sings while making sago	Ulahi	1:25
Play	204	Fo:fo: and Miseme sing at their sago place	Fo:fo:, Miseme	2:21
Play	205	Ulahi and Eyo:bo sing with afternoon cicadas	Ulahi, Eyo:bo	2:47
Play	206	Ulahi and Eyo:bo sing at a waterfall	Ulahi, Eyo:bo	6:20
Play	207	Men's vocal quartet with seed-pod rattles	Kulu, Gigio, Seyaka, and Kogowe	3:35
Play	208	A large men's collective work group sing and whoop	Bosavi men	3:21
Play	209	Gaima plays the bamboo jew's harp	Gaima	1:54
Play	210	Voices of the forest: a village soundscape	Bosavi village	25:06
Play	301	Funerary sung-weeping group	A weeping group	2:16
Play	302	Funerary sung-weeping by Gania and Famu	Gania, Famu	4:21
Play	303	Funerary sung-weeping by Hane	Hane	6:54
Play	304	Seance gisalo song by Aiba with weeping	Aiba	8:45
Play	305	Ceremonial gisalo performed by Halawa	Halawa	14:03
Play	306	Group ceremonial drumming, ilib kuwo:	Costumed, dancing drummers	9:26
Play	307	Ceremonial ko:luba song-1	A:siya and Go:bo	2:29
Play	308	Ceremonial ko:luba song-2	A:siya and Go:bo	1:58
Play	309	Ceremonial ko:luba song-3	Amini and Mei	2:44
Play	310	Ceremonial ko:luba song-4	Amini, Gaso, and chorus	1:35
Play	311	Ceremonial iwo: song-1	Bosavi men	1:03
Play	312	Ceremonial iwo: song-2	Bosavi men	0:54
Play	313	Ceremonial iwo: song-3	Bosavi men	1:32
Play	314	Ceremonial iwo: song-4	Bosavi men	1:12
Play	315	Women's ceremonial iwo: song-1	Ulahi, Ea, Gania, and Gisa	1:49
Play	316	Women's ceremonial iwo: song-2	Ea, Ulahi, Gania, and Gisa	1:50
Play	317	Ceremonial sabio duet	Wano, Gaso	3:30
Play	318	Ceremonial sabio quartet	Wano, Gaso, Gigio, and Sowelo	4:34

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