tracks

Jangang Lea-Lea (Part 3): Drums, Shawm, Gong, Singers
Jangang Lea-Lea (Part 4): Drums, Shawm, Gong, Singers
Rikong: Female Singers, Flute Duo
Tempa Sorong: Flute Duo
Simbong (Excerpt): Male & Female Choruses
Raego: Mixed Chorus
Toki Hajat Perkawinan (Excerpt): Gong Ensemble
Toki Hajat (Excerpt): Gong Ensemble
Esa Na Wia-Wia Mokaria: Mixed Chorus
Tanumo: Mixed Chorus
Sei Si Maka Leso Ekaria: Mixed Chorus
Iveha (Excerpt): Mixed Chorus
Ma'Owei Kamberu: Mixed Chorus, Drums

notes

Extensive notes and map complement these remarkable recordings.

The string music highlighted in Volume 15 is only part of the picture in Sulawesi. Here we present a variety of other musical groups, recorded in three of the island's four provinces. The celebrated Makasar genre pakarena features energetic drumming in sharp contrast to the slow, graceful movements of female dancers. Basing is funeral music of the Kajang, performed by two female singers and two long flutes, or by the flutes alone; Kajang find it deeply sorrowful. Choral singing in very different styles is heard from the Toraja, from Uma-speakers of the mountainous Pipikoro region in Central Sulawesi, and in communal work songs of Minahasa. Gong music for Mongondow weddings adds to our sampling of gong ensembles throughout Indonesia. The album closes with maengket from Minahasa, spirited choral singing with drums in celebration of the harvest.

MAKASAR: Musicians Of Kalaserena, Kecamatan, Bontonompo, Kabupaten Gowa, South Sulawesi. Genre: Pakarena

KAJANG: Musicians Of Desa Tana Toa, Kecamatan Kajang, Kabupaten Bulukumba, South Sulawesi. Genre: Basing

TORAJA: Singers Of Desa Balla Satanetean, Kecamatan Mamasa, Kabupaten Polewali Mamsa, South Sulawesi. Genre: Simbong

UMA-SPEAKERS: Singers Of Desa Onu, In The Pipikoro Region, Kecamatan Kulawi, Kabupaten Donggala, Central Sulawest. Genre: Raego'

MONGODOW: Musicians Of Desa Motabang, Kecamatan Lolak [Track 7] And Desa Tudu Aog, Kecamatan Passi [Track 8], Both In Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi. Genre: Kulintang

TOMBULU (Minahasa): Singers OF Desa Taratara Satu, Kecamatan Tomohon, Kabupaten Minahasa, North Sulawesi. Genre: Marani

TONTEMBOAN (Minahasa): Singers Of Desa Kiawa Satu, Kecamatan Kawagkoan, Kabupaten Minahasa, North Sulawesi. Genre: Maengket

All selections recorded in Sulawesi in 1996 and 1997.

credits

Coordinator [Production] – Mary Monseur
Design – Visual Dialogue
Mastered By – Paul Blakemore (3)
Other [Editorial Assistance By] – Carla Borden
Photography By [Cover Photograph] – Hanefi
Recorded By [Recording Assistants], Photography By [Photographers] – Asep Nata, Aton Rustandi Mulyana, Hanefi
Recorded By, Compiled By, Liner Notes [Annotated By] – Philip Yampolsky
Research [Team] – A. Gamajaya Dg. Liwang, A. Halilintar Lathief, Asep Nata, Aton Rustandi Mulyana, Hanefi, Philip Yampolsky
Supervised By [Smithsonian Folkways Production] – Anthony Seeger, D.A. Sonneborn
Supervised By [Sound Supervision] – Pete Reiniger

companies

Copyright (c) – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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