About this minute

Title
Healing Ceremony
Performer
Ading Kerah with female chorus of Temiar people
Contributor
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Location
Malaysia
Collections
Collection 4

GRC4 #19

You’ve just heard a piece of music called ‘Healing Ceremony’, sung by members of a tribe called the Temiar people. The singers live in remote villages in the jungle of Malaysia. Did you notice noises from the landscape in the background of the recording? Influenced by the natural landscape around them, they sing ‘dreamsongs’ based...
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