The Ede groups live mainly in Tay Nguyen, the central highlands of Vietnam. Gongs are one of the most valuable instruments for Ede people. Each player strokes the back or front of the flat gong by a wooden stick aggressively, to create unique rhythmic patterns. However, for this recording, some of the tracks instead of using Gong as instruments, Bamboo are being used instead. Bamboo instruments such as Cing Kram are played by bamboo-made mallets/sticks. For Ede people, they usually practice with the Cing Kram first, and after they play the gong as the gong is more a sacred symbol and instrument. So, these bamboo instruments are used for twheir practices and they literally call it as “bamboo-gongs.”

1_ welcome song
2_ a folk song
3_ Welcome song (come together)
4_a melody for women dance
5_ a song before the buffalo sacrifice
6_ hail
7_ pinwheel
8_ Hail
9_Bring the long bench to the village’s house
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Leaders of Gong Ensemble: Ama Pur / Y Cel Niê:
Field Recording: Yasuhiro Morinaga
Translation: Phuong Cao
Design: Jeroen Wille
Mastering: Gok Sound
Production: Kingdom of Archipelago
Production Support: S.E.A. Sound / Japan Foundation Asia Center
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Date: 23 May 2017 / 29 August 2017
Location: Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk, Vietnam
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品番: CON5000
税込: 1500円
形式: CDデジパック
JAN: 4582237839388