Formats and Editions
1. Karsar: Clan God Festival Music
2. Marmi Pata: Wedding Song
3. Dito Endana: Stilt Dance
4. Karsana Pata - Dippara Loporo/Recreational Song - In The Small Forest
5. Kach Tehendor - Iron Jaw's Harp
6. Ghotul Pata/Tokaring Warawarang/Wagging Loincloth: A Taunting Song
7. Forest Birds
8. Geri Endana - Dito Endana
9. Hulki - Song For Lingo Pen, Founder Of The Ghotul
10. Chandu Binu - Kola Endana - Dandar Endana - Stick Dance
11. Sulur - Flute Duo: Pargao Par, Anga Karsana Par
12. Dandami Maria Song
13. Hill Maria Dance
14. Hill Maria Song
15. Hill Maria Dance
More Info:
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.