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01. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Pu-kil, Bosmun
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02. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Rumbung Pulpak, Bosmun
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03. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Rumung, Bak
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04. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Boma, Kaean
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05. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Ga-ra-ra, Bosmun
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06. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Buaraning, Bak
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07. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Tomung Gingong, Bosmun
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01. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Wamba, Bosmun
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02. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Gomkail, Bak
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03. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Vilung Nyap, Bosmun
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04. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Bomana Longo, Kaean
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05. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Gateh, Bak
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06. JOHNSON, RAGNAR - Ga-neh, Bosmun
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ARTIST
JOHNSON, RAGNAR
TITLE
Crying Bamboos: Ceremonial Flute Music from New Guinea Madang
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
IDEOLOGIC ORGAN
CATALOG #
SOMA 030LP
SOMA 030LP
GENRE
WORLD
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.
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