Music from South New Guinea

Music from South New Guinea presents the music of tribes settled between the Fly River and the West Arian. Included are songs and dances such as the badara, a traditional dance performed at social events and holidays that is characterized by an “elastic syncopation…created by the drum being slightly faster than the metre of the song….” Among native instruments featured are the burari (flute), the dárombi (similar to a jew’s harp), tátaro (bundled panpipe), and búrubur (hour-glass-shaped drum). Liner notes provide an overview of the history and music of South New Guinea, track notes, pictures, and musical transcriptions.

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Track Listing

101	Badra of Mari and Djarai	A mixed group	01:53
102	Badra of Mari and Djarai	A mixed group	02:35
103	Badra of Mari and Djarai	A mixed group	03:39
104	Modern Dance Song from Dumir	Visitors from Dumir	02:23
105	Badra Songs from Yauga	Two men stick dancers and drummers	05:51
106	War Song from Buzi	Male singers, Guiga	01:14
107	Harvest Dance Song from Buzi	A group of men	01:04
108	Harvest Dance Song from Buzi	A group of men	00:55
109	Badra Song from Buzi	A group of men	00:58
110	Badra Song from Buzi	A group of men	00:57
111	Badra Song from Buzi	Amadu, Guiga, and Yabba	01:59
112	Badra Song from Buzi	Amadu, Guiga, and Yabba	02:26
113	Hunting Song from Buzi	Hunting Party	02:12
114	Burari Solo -- Flute Solo	Subam	00:44
115	Burari Solo - Flute Solo	Subam	01:25
116	Burari Solo - Flute Solo	Girao	01:07
117	Darombi Solo - Jew's Harp Solo	Amadu	04:00
118	Tataro solo - Bundled Panpipe Solo	Amadu	03:07
119	Modern Dance Song from Buzi	Amadu, Guiga, and Yabba	02:22
120	Modern Dance Song by a Parema Man	Mixed singers	00:36
121	The Language of Dumir	Guiga	01:20
122	The Owera Language	A fifteen-year-old girl	00:49
123	Old Song from the Oriama River	Enossa Waiganna	01:09
124	Harvest Song from Buzi	Amadu, Guiga, and Yabba	02:06
125	Badra Song from Sigabadr	Fifteen men with three drums	01:10
126	Badra Song from Sigabadr	Fifteen men with three drums	00:22