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LAHU IN THAILAND

by KINK GONG 2014

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1.
TOLEIMU 03:10
2.
NOTOLEI 04:56
3.
NOTOLEI 02:02
4.
LIFE S STORY 05:33
5.
SAD LOVE SONG 06:58
6.
SAD LOVE SONG 03:53
7.
3 MOUTH ORGANS 06:55
8.
3 MOUTH ORGANS + SONG 11:44
9.
3 MOUTH ORGANS + SONG 11:34
10.
DRUM + SMALL GONG + LARGE CYMBALS 07:37

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RED & BLACK LAHU IN THAILAND

The LAHU as a tibeto burmese group originated from Yunnan China where 75% of 1 million Lahu people live, 15 % in Myanmar and 10 % in Thailand. Divided into color sub groups : red, yellow, black,white and Lahu Sheleh, the black Lahu being the majority in northern Thailand . The communities of Lahu who migrated out of China in the late 19th century, kept their distinctive musical culture where various sized mouthorgans of 5 bamboo tubes inserted in a gurd are being used solo or by groups of mouthorgan players, all intending to a entertain a crowd of circle dancers.

In Bor kai village, GAYO a 80 years old Akha man who married a black Lahu woman, plays 2 different sized Lahu mouthorgans
1 large mouth organ, 5 bamboo tubes inserted in a gourd, called TOLEIMU in lahu language
2,3 small mouth organ 5 bamboo tubes inserted in a gourd, called NOTOLEI in lahu language
4 a 45 years old woman NAKEU sings her life story
5,6 sad love song performed by Nakeu

In Nam Luang village, Bang Mapha, the red Lahu are celebrating their new year for 2014 on march 7, lasting more or less a week, a totemic structure with 4 bamboo poles holding each a pig s head is set up in each village where mouthorgan players in the centre entertain a dancing crowd composed mostly of women wearing their most prestigious costumes, drunk men and children blowing fire crackers.
7 3 mouth organs being played by 2 men and a woman
8,9 a woman singing in a microphone, 3 mouth organs being played by 1 man and a 2 women. speedy dancing crowd
10 percussion ensemble with a drum hit with a mallet, a small gong hit with a mallet and a pair of large cymbals

RECORDED BY LAURENT JEANNEAU IN BANG MAPHA, MAE HONG SON, THAILAND
in march 2014
kinkgong@gmail.com

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released March 11, 2014

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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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