Gong Culture of Southeast Asia: Bahnar (Vietnam)

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1.	Go Rech – Giữ Chim - Chase The Birds To Protect The Rice 07:25	info
2.	Brô Tok Bre Mai – Cô Gái Mừng Xuân - The Girls Celebrate Spring 06:18	info
3.	Đâm Trâu - Music For The Buffalo Sacrifice 05:59	info
4.	Bi Ruih – Mừng Lúa Mới - Rice Harvest Celebration 05:08	info
5.	Pơ Thi – Bỏ Mả - Song At Funeral 1 (Before Burial) 06:03	info
6.	Pơ Thi – Bỏ Mả - Song At Funeral 2 (Before Burial) 05:53	info
7.	Dân Ca - Folk Song 05:17	info

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The Bahnar are an ethnic group in Vietnam, living from the north to the south and northeast of the Vietnamese central highlands. Bahnar speak a language in the Mon-Khmer language group. These recordings were conducted in Dak Doa, Gia Lai Province. Bahnar people use both knobbed gongs and flat gongs; knobbed gongs mostly have a rhythmic function, the flat gongs are used for melodies. Usually a gong ensemble comprises 8 or 9 gongs in total (6 flat gongs and 2 or 3 knobbed gongs), but the number of gongs can go up to 20 (10 flat gongs, 10 knobbed gongs) or even 22 (11 flat and 11 knobbed). For this recording, the musicians brought different sorts of sharpened twig as drumsticks. the biggest knobbed gong was played by twig of jackfruits. For Bahnar people, gongs - equivalent in value to several water buffaloes - are acquired through exchanges with the people from Laos, Cambodia and nowadays with Kinh groups of Vietnam. Gong music is commonly played among the Bahnar on particular occasions such as harvesting, funeral, buffalo sacrifice, wedding ceremonies, etc.

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released December 15, 2017

1. Go Rech – Giữ Chim - Chase The Birds To Protect The Rice
2. Brô Tok Bre Mai – Cô Gái Mừng Xuân - The Girls Celebrate Spring
3. Đâm Trâu - Music For The Buffalo Sacrifice
4. Bi Ruih – Mừng Lúa Mới - Rice Harvest Celebration
5. Pơ Thi – Bỏ Mả - Song At Funeral 1 (Before Burial)
6. Pơ Thi – Bỏ Mả - Song At Funeral 2 (Before Burial)
7. Dân Ca - Folk Song
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Leaders of Gong Ensemble: Alip / Ayo
Field Recording: Yasuhiro Morinaga
Translation: Phuong Cao
Text Edit: Brecht Ameel
Design: Jeroen Wille
Production: Kingdom of Archipelago
Production Support: S.E.A. Sound / Japan Foundation Asia Center

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