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01. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Pu-kil, Bosmun
02. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Rumbung Pulpak, Bosmun
03. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Rumung, Bak
04. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Boma, Kaean
05. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Ga-ra-ra, Bosmun
06. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Buaraning, Bak
07. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Tomung Gingong, Bosmun
01. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Wamba, Bosmun
02. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Gomkail, Bak
03. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Vilung Nyap, Bosmun
04. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Bomana Longo, Kaean
05. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Gateh, Bak
06. JOHNSON, RAGNAR  - Ga-neh, Bosmun
ARTIST
TITLE
Crying Bamboos: Ceremonial Flute Music from New Guinea Madang
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
SOMA 030LP SOMA 030LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
5/11/2018

Double LP version. Crying Bamboos is a translation of the pidgin description of the sound of sacred flutes: "Mambu i cry, i cry, i cry". Sacred flutes are blown to make the cries of spirits by adult men in the Madang region of Papua New Guinea. Pairs of long bamboo male and female flutes are played for ceremonies in the coastal villages near the Ramu River. There are seven male initiation flute cries from Bosmun, four flute cries from Bak: Borai with occasional single garamut percussion and two flute cries from Kaean, one with vocals and hand drums. The flute players were of the last generation to have learned this skill during a complete cycle of male initiation. These previously unreleased recordings were made by Ragnar Johnson in 1979. Notes by Ragnar Johnson and Jessica Mayer; Photographs by Ragnar Johnson. Tape to digital transfer and mastering by Dave Hunt at Dave Hunt Audio, London; Cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin.