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Ritual Music Of The Kayapó-Xikrin, Brazil

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Ritual Music Of The Kayapó-Xikrin, Brazil --- 1995

"The Xikrin villages of the Kayapó, located in the Brazilian Amazon, perform long and elaborate ceremonies to initiate their youth and to renew their relations with the natural world, with one another, and with spirits. Powerful choral music, performed by groups of men and women, characterizes the music of these communities. Xikrin music provides a strong community support for their continuing resistance to invasions and abuse of their traditional lands. These 1988 digital recordings include selections from several Xikrin ceremonies. Xikrin culture and mythology is presented by Brazilian specialists in a 76-page booklet. Royalties from this recording are directed to the Xikrin community Cataté." [Source: slipcase, tray card] "The research among the Kayapó-Xikrin in 1988 was a joint project from the International Institute for Traditional Music and the Departamento de Antropologia from the São Paulo University (USP), Brazil. It was kindly supported by the Berlin Senate for Cultural Affairs and by the German Music Council, Bonn. The royalties from this CD will be paid to the Xikrin community of Cataté, who holds the author's rights on all musics." [Source: booklet] Edited by the International Institute for Traditional Music, Berlin; in cooperation with the International Council for Traditional Music (UNESCO C) [Recording:] Technical Data: Digital Tape Recorder Sony TCD-D10M, Microphones Neumann RSM 190 [Mastering:] Mastertape: Schalloran-Tonstudio, Berlin Total time: 70:60 [on slipcase, tray card and disc] Total time: 70:06 [on slipcase and in booklet] ℗ © 1995 Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings Manufactured in USA ― Issued in a standard jewel case housed in a slipcase. Includes an 80-page booklet.