Music of the Jivaro of Ecuador (1973) CD

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

"The rugged, forested hills of the eastern slopes of the Andes have long constituted one of the last great sanctuaries of American Indian groups relatively independent of white domination. Of these groups, probably none has been more prominent than the Jívaro of eastern Ecuador who, at present, number approximately 15,000 persons. For almost four centuries the Jívaro successfully resisted attempts by would-be conquerors to settle permanently in their territory despite the fact that they occupy one of the richest regions of placer gold deposits in South America..."

"Las quebradas y boscosas colinas de la ladera oriental de los Andes se han constituido desde un tiempo atrás en uno de los últimos grandes santuarios para los grupos amerindios que son todavía relativamente independientes de la dominación del hombre blanco. De aquellos grupos, probablemente ninguno es más prominente que el de los Jívaro del oriente ecuatoriano que hoy en día cuentan con alrededor de 15.000 personas. Por casi cuatro siglos los Jívaro han resistido exitosamente los intentos de varios ‘conquistadores’ de asentarse de manera permanente en su territorio a pesar del hecho de que ellos ocupan una de las regiones más ricas en oro lavado de América del Sur..."

Michael J. Harner



     101      Social Dance Song (Female Solo)      Female Jívaro singer      1:06     
     102     Social Dance Singing (Female Chorus)     Female chorus     2:02    
     103     Social Dance Singing (Female Chorus)     Female chorus     2:02    
     104     Social Dance (Women Singing, Belt Rattles, Drum, Flute)     Female singers, flutist, drummers     4:27    
     105     Song of Kungi, the Flute Bird (Flute Solo)     Jívaro cane flutist     2:03    
     106     Social Dance Flute Music (Chorus)     Male flutists     5:00    
     107     Social Dance Singing (Male and Female Duet)     Male and female singers     1:29    
     108     Shaman's Song to Call Back Magical Darts (Musical Bow Solo)     Jívaro shaman     2:48    
     109     Love Song (Musical Bow Solo)     Father ing for his son     3:08    
     110     Song Sung to Enemies about to Attack (Two-String Violin Solo)     Male violinist     1:51    
     201     Lullaby (Female Solo)     Female Jívaro singer     1:43    
     202     Bamboo Trumpet (Solo)     Male trumpeter     0:51    
     203     Calling an Enemy's Arutam Soul (Log Signal Drum Solo)     Male drummer     0:54    
     204     Head Shrinking Song (Male Solo)     Male Jívaro singer     1:19    
     205     Tsantsa (Shrunken Head) Dance (Men's Voices, Women's Chorus Singing, Belt Rattles)     Male and female singers     3:14    
     206     Shaman Curing a Bewitched Patient (Male Solo, Whistling, Singing, Sucking, Leaf "Rattle")     Jívaro shaman     5:03    
     207     Trail Conversation between Two Acquaintances (Males)     Two Jívaro men     2:10    
     208     Trail Greeting between Two Strangers (Males)     Two Jívaro men     4:07    
     209     Invitation to Kill (Two Males, Whispering)     Two Jívaro men     1:42    
     210     Visiting a Home (Visitor Calls Warning)     Two Jívaro men, wife of one of the men     1:22