1 KRUNG BRATANEUL PRAYER FOR RICE SPIRIT
SEN JEH TEUK TEUNG NOOK
YA PAO the chief of KRAPU village surrended by 15 persons in his own farm outside of Krapo village where they just finished the harvest of their rice, he s holding a small stick by the jar of new fermented rice alcohol and prays for the newly harvested rice before it s put into the rice barn.
In DONG KRAPU, O CHUM, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA DECEMBER 2003

2 SONG PERFORMED BY 2 women using a bamboo tube, a man playing flute and an oldman sings (YEL) about modern times where life is much easier than at the time of war, when they would have killed a Barang ( white person) and now they can drink alcohol with him, happening during the CEREMONY for rice harvest, in a farm unit of 15 people who just finished to harvest their rice
In DONG KRAPU, O CHUM, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA DECEMBER 2003

3 KRUNG GAWNG BOO
8 bamboo sections played by 4 men, each playing 2 different bamboo tubes directly hit on the ground as resonnance box with a flute (DOOR) player and a woman singing, referring to the BRATANEUL rice harvest ceremony
In DONG KRAPU, O CHUM, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA march 2005

4 KRUNG MANG BOONG
8 bamboo sections played by 4 men, each playing 2 different bamboo tubes directly hit on the ground as resonnance box with a flute (DOOR) player and a woman singing, referring to the BRATANEUL rice harvest ceremony
In DONG KRAPU, O CHUM, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA march 2005

5 KRUNG BRAWK
COURTING SONG
a 2 stringed plucked instrument performed by PORN DAO a 60 years old man and kind of local music teacher
In DONG KRAPU, O CHUM, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA march 2005

6 KRUNG MEM
a 1 stringed bowed instrument using the mouth as resonance box performed by PORN DAO a 60 years old man and kind of local music teacher
In DONG KRAPU, O CHUM, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA march 2005

7 KRUNG JINRIANG
a 10 stringed plucked instrument, 10 metalic strings attached to a bamboo tube played by a man from Dong Bling village
In DONG KRAPU, O CHUM, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA FEBRUARY 2006

8 KRUNG JINRIANG / MEM
JINRIANG a 10 stringed plucked instrument, 10 metalic strings attached to a bamboo tube and a MEM a 1 stringed bowed instrument using a can as resonance box performed by 2 men from the DONG KAMAL village music group
In DONG KAMAL, O CHUM, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA FEBRUARY 2006

9 KRUNG JINRIANG / MEM
JINRIANG a 10 stringed plucked instrument, 10 metalic strings attached to a bamboo tube and a MEM a 1 stringed bowed instrument using a can as resonance box performed by 2 men from the DONG KAMAL village music group
In DONG KAMAL, O CHUM, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA FEBRUARY 2006

10 KRUNG GAWNG DING
a bamboo xylophone with 8 pieces with a MEM in the background and 2 large bamboo tubes being hit on the ground by one man
performed by 3 men from the DONG KAMAL village music group
In DONG KAMAL, O CHUM, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA FEBRUARY 2006

11 BRAO DING BOO
a green bamboo tube played by 2 women, one woman push the air with the palm of her hand against the top opening of a bamboo section, while the other woman claps her hands in front of the bottom opening of the bamboo section. Performed during swidden agriculture rituals.
In PATENG village, VEUN SAY, RATANAKIRI, CAMBODIA february 2004

12 BRAO TOOIT UNTOOIT
A young woman sings for her boyfriend after he returns from working away.
In PATENG village, VEUN SAY, RATANAKIRI, CAMBODIA february 2004

13 BRAO TOOIT UNTOOIT
A woman recites a piece in which she wishes people good luck
In PATENG village, VEUN SAY, RATANAKIRI, CAMBODIA february 2004

14 BRAO TOOIT UNTOOIT
An old woman sings a lullaby to bring a child to sleep
In PATENG village, VEUN SAY, RATANAKIRI, CAMBODIA february 2004

15 BRAO MEUT MOOAN
YA BLOK an oldman sings a song to teach children to improve
In PATENG village, VEUN SAY, RATANAKIRI, CAMBODIA february 2004

16 BRAO MEUT MOOAN
YA YEN an oldman lies on the floor and sings an epic story about GROONG visited by spirits
In VIENG CHAN village, VEUN SAY, RATANAKIRI, CAMBODIA JUNE 2005

17 BRAO MEUT MOOAN
YA PANG an oldman lies on the floor and sings an epic story about DAO MAM (GROONG s father)
In TRABOK village, TAVENG, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA February 2006

18 BRAO MEUT MOOAN
YA NGON an oldman lies on the floor and sings an epic story about GROONG and YOONG attacking
In TRABOK village, TAVENG, RATANAKIRI CAMBODIA February 2006

RECORDED BY LAURENT JEANNEAU