Tribal India: Muria Maria / Var Tribal India: Muria Maria / Var CD

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.

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