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WA IN YUNNAN CHINA

by KINK GONG 2010

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1.
YANG XIAO SI & XIAO AN SHUAI 32:38
2.
LOVE SONG by YANG XIAO SI 03:10
3.
WEDDING SONG by YANG XIAO SI 05:57
4.
CELEBRATION TUNE with DAKENJIE 07:00
5.
WELCOMING TUNE with DAKENJIE 08:01
6.
DAKENJIE DRUM solo 02:04
7.
HULUSHEN 02:57

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WA IN YUNNAN CHINA

The WA are one of the few ethnic groups in China who speak a Mon-Khmer language,(austro-asiatic language), they are 400 000 people living in southern Lincang prefecture in southern Yunnan at the boarder with Myanmar. Everytime we met Wa people during our trip, they mention with a smile the ancient fear of those head hunters in the past .
ONDING village has kept his old flavor, under the guidance of a governmental tourism project that intended to keep the village and the culture of WA people intact, 100 families live in this 300 years old village.
YANG AI NA, the 74 years old chief of the village organized for us the recording sessions that took place in his home, he inherited his role as a chief and shaman healer from his father and represents the 6 th generation.

1 2 old women singing YANG XIAO SI 60 and XIAO AN SHUAI 61years old, various traditional WA tunes intended to be sung in specific context like working, celebrations, including life s stories, fables and love songs.
2 LOVE SONG performed by YANG XIAO SI
3 WEDDING SONG performed by YANG XIAO SI
4 CELEBRATION TUNE DAKENJIE ( HOLLOW WOODEN TRUNK hit by big wooden sticks by one man : LI AI KUAI 24) BOONIE ( SMALL MOUTH ORGAN of 6 tubes inserted in a gourd by one man XIAO NI KUAI 47) BI BAN BI ( BAMBOO FLUTE by LI E KUAN 50) QIANGQI ( A PAIR OF LARGE CYMBALS by YANG SAI DAO 44 )
5 WELCOMING TUNE inviting the guests to sing together, same musicians as above
6 DAKENJIE DRUM SOLO to get the power from spirits by LI AI KUAI
7 BOONIE MOUTH ORGAN ( 6 bambootubes inserted in a gourd ) solo by XIAO NI KUAI


RECORDED BY LAURENT JEANNEAU AND SHI TANDING
ONGDING village in CANG YUAN county LINCANG YUNNAN IN APRIL 2010

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released April 12, 2010

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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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