1976 | UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music

Benin: Bariba and Somba Music

Various Artists | 01-01-1976

Composers: Unspecified

Total duration:43 min

01	Praise Song for Hunters	Bariba griot accompanied by two male singers	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			03:55
	Composers: Unspecified
02	Music Played When Setting Out for a Hunt	Unidentified Bariba bohu-guru (whistle) player	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			02:28
	Composers: Unspecified
03	Music in Praise of Oru Suru	Baatonu orchestra of drums and kakaki (trumpets)	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			05:56
	Composers: Unspecified
04	Sambani, Music for Dancing	Group of Bariba men	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			02:43
	Composers: Unspecified
05	Taru, Music for Dancing	Unidentified Bariba guru (whistle) player	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			01:49
	Composers: Unspecified
06	A Poor Man Has No Country	Bariba talking-drum ensemble	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			05:13
	Composers: Unspecified
07	Dinaba (Of the Myth of the Origins)	Unidentified Somba male singer accompanied by mixed chorus and percussion	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			06:08
	Composers: Unspecified
08	Song for Grinding Millet	Two Somba girls singing while pounding millet	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			05:15
	Composers: Unspecified
09	Musotie (Harvest Dance)	Two flute players accompanied by castanets	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			03:11
	Composers: Unspecified
10	Funeral Lament	Somba woman singing a funeral lament	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			02:08
	Composers: Unspecified
11	Song to Carry the Corpse	A group of young pall-bearers during funeral procession	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			02:07
	Composers: Unspecified
12	Song for Grinding Karite Nuts	Two women singing while grinding karité nuts	Benin: Bariba and Somba Music			02:26
	Composers: Unspecified

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