PHONGSALY LAOS by KINK GONG 2011

This is a compilation of various ethnic groups from different ethnic families of south east asia found in PHONGSALY northern LAOS : the Tibeto burmese, the Hmong - Mien, the Mon khmer, the Tai - Lao and other uncategorized populations, making the northern province of Phongsaly at the boarder with China and Vietnam, a very diversified ethnic area. Let s put those people into categories to the Tibeto-burmese belong the AKHA, PHOUNOI originating from China; the MIEN/MOON ( YAO ) also come from China, the KHMU belonging to the MON-KHMER family are the largest austro asiatic population of Laos; and the LU belong to the TAI-LAO group of population from which the LAO derived.

Tracks 1 to 4 in PU YO village , up the Nam OU river from Hatsa live the AKHA NU QUAY august 2011

1 AKHA BIMO ( shaman ) naming ancestors, recited by I YEI 58 years old man.
2 AKHA BIMO ( shaman ) A CHI CHA historical song, by I YEI 58 years old man.
3 AKHA BIMO ( shaman ) SAN JIJI wedding song, by I YEI 58 years old man.
4 AKHA jungle, a 2 hours walk from the Nam OU river to the village
Tracks 5 to 12 in villages around MEUNG KHOUA, PHONGSALY december 2010
5 KHMU prepared BAMBOO hit on the hand by a woman in SENLAT village,
6 KHMU PI a small green bamboo reed pipe inserted in a larger bamboo flute with 2 holes performed by a man ONG 48 years old in OMPHIA village
7,8 KHMU song performed a man ONG 48 years old in OMPHIA village
9 KHMU PI a small green bamboo reed pipe performed by a woman NANG YEUM 55 years old in LANGXIAT village
10 KHMU TENG HET a 1 metal stringed viole in bamboo bowed with a lubricated bamboo stick performed by a man SIANG BOPAN 42 years old in LANGXIAT village
11 KHMU TOT bamboo flute with 2 holes performed a woman NANG YEUM 55 years old in LANGXIAT village
12 KHMU song by NANG YEUM 55 years old in LANGXIAT village

13 LU song performed by 4 women in NAVAY village, BOUNTAI, june 2010

14 MOON ( Lan tien YAO in chinese ) ceremony involving a dumber, a dancing man with bells and a shaman reciting prayers and throwing on the ground woodblocks in order to forecast the fate of someone. june 2010

15 PHOUNOI a modern song <GAW KOON ATAOWEI> performed by BOWAN 38 years old using a TOOM ( wooden drum with skin ) in MEUNG KHOUA, PHONGSALY dec 2010

16 children greetings in HATSA august 2011

17 BASI CEREMONY for a new born, this is common to Lao populations and other ethnic group who celebrate, in this case a new born baby, recitations and good wishes are being expressed and the members of the family tie white string around your wrist
in MEUNG KHOUA, PHONGSALY June 2010

RECORDED BY LAURENT JEANNEAU IN 2010, 2011

Under the name KINK GONG you find 2 activities, the 1st one is to record ethnic minority music mostly in south-east Asia, the 2nd is to transform, collage, recompose the original recordings into experimental soundscapes.

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