Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest

VARIOUS ARTISTS

26 SONGS • 55 MINUTEN • JAN 01 1992

1

In the Rainforest Approaching a Forest Camp

Birds, crickets, and young Mbuti Pygmy boys in the Ituri Rainforest

01:38

2

Elephant-Hunting Song

Group of Mbuti men

03:04

3

Elephant Hunt Song

Group of Mbuti men and boys

05:12

4

Group of Mbuti men

03:03

5

Cries of Beaters During Net Hunting: Signalling and Shouting

Group of Mbuti Pygmies

00:59

6

Honey-Gathering Song

Group of Mbuti women

02:54

7

Animal Dance Song

Group of Mbuti Pygmies

02:40

8

Two Mbuti Pygmies

01:52

9

02:07

10

Slit-Gong Signalling

Slit-gong signalling

01:15

11

Mbuti Dance in Bantu Village

Group of Mbuti men and women

02:15

12

Lukembi and Voice

02:26

13

Lukembi (Mbuti)

Mbuti Pygmy playing lukembi

01:38

14

Bachelor Duet with Lukembi

Two Mbuti bachelors

01:36

15

Ndaka man playing musical bow

02:30

16

Nkumbi initiation dance

01:44

17

Nkumbi Initiation Song

Group of Mbuti boys led by Ndaka villager

00:45

18

First Song of the Elima, The Women's Society

Group of Mbuti women

01:54

19

Second Song of the Elima, The Women's Society

Group of Mbuti women

01:11

20

First Molimo Fire Dance Song

Group of Mbuti men

02:04

21

Second Molimo Fire Dance Song

Group of Mbuti men

01:26

22

Molimo Song with a Preliminary Argument

Group of Mbuti men and women

02:36

23

First Molimo Song Sung Only on Occasions of Great Importance

Group of Mbuti men

02:34

24

Second Molimo Song Sung Only on Occasions of Great Importance

Group of Mbuti men

01:51

25

Molimo Song: Darkness Is Good

Group of Mbuti men

02:17

26

Molimo Song of Devotion to the Forest

Group of Mbuti men

01:30

(C) 1992 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings