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Music From An Equatorial Microcosm Fang Bwiti Mus - Equatorial Microcosm / Various [CD]

Music From An Equatorial Microcosm Fang Bwiti Mus - Equatorial Microcosm / Various [CD]

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This 1973 Folkways release focuses on the Bwiti religion and it's sister cult, Mbiri, among the Fang people in Gabon. Beginning with gentle harp music played at the start of rituals to cleanse the cult house, the record includes harp songs of fertility and percussion songs that serve to prepare the body for death and reunion with ancestors. Liner notes by anthropologist James W. Fernandez provide a detailed discussion of both the religion and the music.

Tracklist:

  1. Preparatory Music Of The Harp
  2. Preparatory Music Of The Harp
  3. Mbiri Harp Song
  4. Mbiri Harp Song
  5. Minkin Song Of First Entrance Into The Chapel
  6. Njimba Chants
  7. Minkin Song Of First Entrance Into The Chapel
  8. Thirteen Minkin Songs - Thirteen Songs Of Entrance Into The Chapel
  9. First Harp Songs Of The Road Of Birth And Creation
  10. Harp Song Of The Road Of Birth And Creation
  11. Harp Song Of The Road Of Birth And Creation
  12. Harp Song of the Road of Birth And Creation
  13. Obongo Chants
  14. Eight Mwanga Songs, Four Prayer Songs
  15. Yombo Song of the Women's Chamber
  16. Five Yombo Songs of the Women's Chamber
  17. Harp Song of the Road of Death and Destruction (1)
  18. Harp Song of the Road of Death and Destruction (2)
  19. Obango Dance
  20. Chained Harp Songs
  21. Obango Song
  22. Obango Dance
  23. Harp Song Of The Road Of Death

UPC: 093070421424
Label: Folkways Records
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD

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