Two Somba girls singing while pounding millet

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(P) 1955 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music.: 01-01-1955

Songs of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Voices

01	India: Khyal (excerpt)	Mohinuddin Dagar	Songs of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Voices			05:10
	Composers: Traditional - Sadharana
02	Bali: Tjak (excerpt)	Singers of Peliatan	Songs of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Voices			02:06
	Composers: Unspecified
03	Japan: Upopo	Kiyo Kurokawa	Songs of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Voices			02:09
	Composers: Traditional
04	Mongolia: The 4-Year-Old Light Tan Horse	Sundui	Songs of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Voices			01:49
	Composers: Unspecified
05	Uzbekistan: Yar-yar (excerpt)	Nazira Baïjanova	Songs of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Voices			02:19
	Composers: Traditional
06	Syria: Islamic Ritual Zikr (excerpt)	Rifa'iyya Brotherhood of Aleppo	Songs of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Voices			03:28
	Composers: Unspecified
07	Syria: Takhshefto (Like the Merchants)	Evelyne Daoud	Songs of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Voices			04:50
	Composers: Unspecified

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(P) 1976 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music.: 01-01-1976

Benin: Bariba and Somba Music

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

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