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AKHA SONGS IN CHINA VOL 7

by KINK GONG 2009

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1.
KHANQ GA tale on the Akha migration of the last 200 years 14:50
2.
KHANQ GA tale on the Akha migration of the last 200 years 02:20
3.
BAQ XE AQ CIR love song 08:40
4.
YAR SOMR SOMR OQ go home in the evening 17:50
5.
MAQ SIQ SOMR ZA NYIT NOM I was stupid and shy 14:20

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AKHA SONGS IN CHINA VOL 7

The Akha are considered a sub group of the Hani, this tibeto burmese ethnic group is spread over Xishuan banna ( southern part of Yunnan ), Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, they are around half a million people. Meng song village was already occupied by the red army in the 60s and during the cultural revolution period traditional clothes and music were forbidden and ancient culture never really recovered from that prohibition, people in Mengsong walk around without any particular Akha clothe the way they would in Laos or Thailand.
In this collection of chinese Akha songs, the singers are between 60 and 80 years old, they are the only ones who carry on this oral litterature, unknown by younger generations. 3 categories divide the oral transmission of Akha culture, the first one is called do ko ko or recited stories, the 2nd one is called sha ko : Akha melodies accapella or with instruments with words belonging to ancient stories, poetry or new stories, the 3rd one is involving dance while clapping bamboo sticks on the ground and group singing.

KHEEQ DZAUQ a 80 years old Akha woman
1,2 KHANQ GA tale on the Akha migration of the last 200 years
3 BAQ XE AQ CIR love song
MI PUR a 70 years old Akha woman
4 YAR SOMR SOMR OQ go home in the evening
5 MAQ SIQ SOMR ZA NYIT NOM I was stupid and shy

RECORDED IN MENG SONG XISHUAN BANNA YUNNAN CHINA
NOV 2009
BY LAURENT JEANNEAU AND MEI LAN

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released November 17, 2009

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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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