Cora Indian Festive Music (1965) CD

"This item is part of the Folkways (Cook, or Paredon, or Monitor) archives. The original liner notes from the LP are included."

"In remote regions, still difficult to access, in the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains of western Mexico, there still remain pockets of Indians who have not yet adopted the predominant Mestizo culture of Mexico, Indians, who by virtue of their remoteness, have kept their own tribal identities, cultures, and languages. One such tribe is the Cora, living in the mountains of the northwestern part of the state of Nayarit, Mexico..."

E. Richard Sorenson and Philip R. Lenna


"En las montañas de la Sierra Madre Occidental de México existen todavía algunas remotas regiones de difícil acceso donde aún permanecen grupos de indígenas que no han adoptado la cultura mestiza predominante en el país; indígenas que por virtud de su aislamiento han mantenido sus propias identidades tribales, sus culturas y sus lenguajes. Una de estas culturas es la tribu Cora, que vive en las montañas del noroeste del estado de Nayarit..."

E. Richard Sorenson y Philip R. Lenna

101     Knife Dance      Cora musicians from San Blasito      2:42                                                          
102     Violin Improvisation and Flute Accompaniment     Cora violinist, flutist, singers     2:28                           
103     Spontaneous Singing     Cora violinist, singers     2:46                                                           
104     Music and Revelry     Cora violinist, singers     5:09                                                             
105     Flute Solo     Cora flutist, singers     3:01                                                                       
106     Violin Improvisation     Cora violinist     3:44                                                                     
201     Music and Revelry with Mexican Song     Cora violinist, flutist, singers     3:45                                   
202     Flute Solo     Cora flutist     3:38                                                                                 
203     Music, Mass Singing, and Revelry     Cora musicians from San Blasito     4:13                                       
204     Ceremonial Dance at San Pedro de Honor     Church of San Pedro de Honor congregation, Cora dancers     7:45