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LUANG NAMTHA LAOS

by KINK GONG 2013

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BIT NEW YEAR 13:14

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This is a compilation of various ethnic groups from different ethnic families of south east asia found in the northern province of LUANG NAMTHA :
the Tibeto burmese, the Hmong - Mien, the Mon- khmer, the Tai - Lao and other uncategorized populations, making the northern province of Luang Namtha at the boarder with China and Myanmar a very diversified ethnic area. Let s put those people into categories to the Tibeto-burmese belong the AKHA, SILA ( possibly 2 HANI sub groups ) originating from China; the HMONG and MIEN/MOON ( YAO ) also come from China, and the BIT a very small Mon Khmer ethnic community that was considered Khmu until very recently.

1 AKHA CHULU a long bamboo flute inserted in the mouth with 2 holes for the right hand and using a finger of the left hand to block the extremity, played by an old man in HOMXAI village MUANG SING district, december 2009
2 WHITE HMONG KHEN, a 6 bamboo tubes mouthorgan played by VA YANG LI in KANGMAI village, MUANG SING district, december 2009
3 WHITE HMONG KHEN, a 6 bamboo tubes mouthorgan played and danced by VA YANG LI in KANGMAI village, MUANG SING district, december 2009
4 LANTENE ( they call themselves MOON ) WOMEN DUO, <don t laugh at us> canon singing performed by KEO 54 years old and NA 47 years old in NAM DI village, november 2010
5 SILA or SIDA ( they call themselves VEINIEU ), SALA GOO song by a man TONG JIA 69 years old in BAN SIDA, village november 2010
6 SILA, SALA GOO song by a man BOON CHIANG 50 years old in BAN SIDA village november 2010
7 SILA, SALA GOO song by a woman SEI 54 years old with 2 side singers in NAM DI village nov 2010
8 SILA, SALA GOO song by a woman SINJIAN 42 years old with 2 side singers in NAM DI village nov 2010
9 BIT percussion ensemble (gong, drum, pair of cymbals) to go along women dancing for the Bit new year on january 25 2013 in BOUAN PHIENG village
10 BIT stage show for the Bit new year, performed by BOON CHOM 63 years old man playing khen ( mouthorgan), NANG TA a woman singer in her 40s and PAT a 29 years old man singer, in BOUAN PHIENG village, jan 2013

RECORDED BY LAURENT JEANNEAU IN 2009. 2010, 2013

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released February 2, 2013

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kinkgong Berlin, Germany

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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