1 CHEP a young girl courts a young man using an 8 bamboo tubes pan flute. YAK LOAM BANLUNG October 2003

2 UMTENG BROOIK a 2 stringed plucked instrument played by a man in his 30s, during animist rituals or just for fun. YAK LOAM BANLUNG October 2003

3 GOOANG TEUNG a 10 metallic strings attached to a large bamboo tube with a gourd as resonance box, instrument played by CHURK a man in his 20s. YAK LOAM BANLUNG November 2003

4 GOOANG TEUNG + MEM a 1 stringed bowed instrument played by CHURK and NEUN a man in his 20s. YAK LOAM BANLUNG January 2004

5 JARIANG song performed by a Tampoon woman but in Jarai language, accompanied by her husband playing KANAI a 1 stringed bowed instrument. The song relates to the 1967 1968 period when people were hiding in the forest with little to eat and were fighting against LON NOL s troops.
YAK LOAM BANLUNG November 2003

6 JARIANG same performers as 5. The song relates to the period in 1970 when the minorities were chasing Lon Nol s troops from Bokeo to Banlung and out of Ratanakiri mainly using crossbows.
YAK LOAM BANLUNG November 2003

7 JARIANG same performers as 5. The song relates to the period in 1971-72 of TAW SOO NATYOBAI when people had to dig bunkers to protect themselves from air bombing and prepare weapons for fighting back against the Americans and Lon Nol s troops. YAK LOAM BANLUNG November 2003

8 GOOANG TEUNG + JARIANG performed by PON a man in his 30s playing the instrument and his wife JOUEN singing Jariang, the story is about the war, running away from air bombings in the early 1970s. YAK LOAM BANLUNG October 2003

9 GOOANG TEUNG + JUM HO (responsive singing) performed by CHURK the man playing the instrument and singing with JOUEN responding. The man wants to marry the woman but she says that he must follow all the correct customs including consulting with the village elders and family leaders. YAK LOAM BANLUNG November 2003

10 GOOANG TEUNG + MEM a 1 stringed bowed instrument played by CHURK and NEUN + JARIANG singing by a young man. YAK LOAM BANLUNG January 2004

11 ARAY YUNG JUM HO responsive improvised singing between 2 women and a man, NEUN plays GOOANG TEUNG and sings, MAP and PIAR are the 2 singing ladies. SAYEU LUMPHAT January 2004

12 GOOANG JENG. GONGS : 3 nippled gongs and 10 flat gongs are played by a 13 men (one gong each) for the renewal of funeral totems every few years. The gong players are walking around a funeral structure. The sound of wood choping is evident at times, making new totems and throwing away the old ones. KACHOEN KROM VEUNSAY March 2004

13 GOOANG TEUNG played by CHURK . YAK LOAM BANLUNG November 2003

14, 15 GOOANG TEUNG played by CHURK and a woman singing November 2003

16 GOOANG TEUNG played by CHURK . YAK LOAM BANLUNG November 2003

RECORDED BY LAURENT JEANNEAU
kinkgong@gmail.com