Tribal Music of India The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh (1983) CD

"This item is part of the Folkways archives.  The original liner notes from the LP are included."

A buffalo-horn trumpet, the hakum, announces the joyful harvest festival and varying types of drums called mandri, kotoloka and kundir take over. A group of women chant antiphonally in leadership of the wedding festivities. Men dance on stilts, creating an intoxicating rhythm that is guided by drums. This is a snapshot of the musical practices found within the Bastar district of India, a region mostly comprised of tribal groups including the Muria and the Gonds.

Tracks
1. Karsar - Clan God Festival Music     Female and male singers     7:24    
2. Marmi Pata - Wedding Song     Female singers     3:58    
3. Dito Endana - Stilt Dance     Garhbangal ghotul dancers, drummers     3:23    
4. Karsana Pata: Dippara Loporo - Recreational Song: In the Small Forest     Female and male singers     4:33    
5. Kach Tehendor - Iron Jaw's Harp     Remawand ghotul musicians     1:43    
6. Ghotul Pata - Tokaring Warawarang - Wagging Loincloth: A Taunting Song     Male singers     2:06    
1. Forest Birds     n/a     3:15    
2. Geri Endana - Dito Endana     Female singers     4:47    
3. Hulki - Song for Lingo Pen, Founder of the Ghotul     Female and male singers     3:28    
4. Chandu Binu - Kola Endana - Dandar Endana - Stick Dance     Female and male singers     2:55    
5. Sulur - Flute Duo: Pargao Par, Anga Karsana Par     Garhbangal musicians     2:24    
6. Dandami Maria Song     Borokameli musicians     1:35    
7. Hill Maria Dance     Lanka male musicians     1:57    
8. Hill Maria Song     Female singers     1:15    
9. Hill Maria Dance     Dondimarka male musicians     2:05