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Arabian weddings in Oman are multi-day celebrations involving hundreds of participants, announcing to the community a union between two individuals, families, or tribes. In a rapidly modernizing...

In the 19th century, Oman extended into parts of the East African coast, along the Arabian Gulf, and on the Makran coast of what is now Pakistan. Although the country's borders are smaller today, the...

People at Prayer is a 24-song collection of religious ritual, meditation, and devotion. Drawn from the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music, the selections come from around the world and feature a...

The city of Cuzco, Peru is home to a number of indigenous peasant communities. Much of their music continues to be associated with fertility rites and to mark agrarian cycles, but the Spanish...

UNESCO's previously unreleased album Peru: Andean Music of Life, Work, and Celebration presents a wide array of rural indigenous musical traditions, culled from the most outstanding historical field...

Portugal: Festas In Minho / Various Portugal: Festas In Minho / Various CD

Portugal: Music & Dance From Madeira / Various Portugal: Music & Dance From Madeira / Various CD

As the liner notes explain and the recordings attest, Portugal's location on the westernmost coast of continental Europe influenced it's folk music in significant ways. In addition to older chants,...

Ranganayaki Rajagopalan South India: Ranganayaki Rajagopalan Continuity CD

Vocal art is an important aspect of Islamic religious practice. In addition to two officially accepted forms-the call to prayer and the reciting of the Qur'an-there is the more mystical, Sufi zikr...

Ritual Chant & Music / Various Ritual Chant & Music / Various CD

Sabri Brothers Pakistan: Music Of The Qawal CD