Lowland Tribes of Ecuador (1986) CD

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

"The coastal region of Ecuador extends along the western Pacific warm lowlands and is characterized by inlets, lagoons, mangrove and palm-lined beaches delineated by fast winding rivers that flow from the high Andes mountains. The Ecuadorian Montana, in the east, consist of a vast expanse of primary forest that descends rapidly towards the great alluvial plain that forms the Amazonia basin and its tributaries..."

"La region costera de Ecuador se extiende a lo largo de las llanuras templadas del Pacífico, caracterizada por sus ensenadas, lagunas, manglares y playas llenas de palmeras, y delineada por ríos que fluyen desde los altos Andes. La montana ecuatoriana, hacia el oriente, está formada por grandes extensiones de bosque primario que desciende rápidamente hacia las inmensas llanuras aluviales que forman la Amazonía..."

David Blair Stiffler


     101      Narrative Song      Waorani singers      3:15     
     102     Marimba Instrumental     Colorado man in his forties     1:28    
     103     Marimba Instrumental     Colorado man in his forties     1:35    
     104     Marimba Instrumental     Colorado man in his forties     2:10    
     105     Leaf Bundle Healing Technique     Colorado shaman     3:43    
     106     Festive Song     Cayapa singer     1:42    
     107     Harmonica "Song of Ourselves"     Cayapa harmonica er     1:18    
     108     Harmonica "Caramba"     Cayapa harmonica er     1:03    
     109     "Hadina" Spirit Calling     Cayapa shaman     2:28    
     110     Cerro Colorado     Cayapa shaman     1:41    
     111     Healing Segment     Cayapa shaman     1:44    
     112     Leaf Bundle on Baby     Cayapa shaman     1:40    
     201     Spirit Intrusion Removal     Kofan shaman     7:10    
     202     Wire Bow Instrumental     Sioni musicians Hernando and Luis     3:57    
     203     Wire Bow (Hernando & Luis)     Sioni musicians Hernando and Luis     2:47    
     204     Spirit Manifestation (Wire Bow, Boots, Seed Pod Necklace)     Hernando, Luis, ayahuasca ritual participants     1:20    
     205     Yage Ceremony (Opening Oration) Participants Commenting on Visions     Sioni shaman, ayahuasca ritual participants     3:47    
     206     Festive (Chicha?) Song: Women Singing     Female Secoya singers     4:11    
     207     Festive Song     Female Secoya singers     1:28