| Songs of Memory CD |
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Traditional Music of the Golden Triangle
The Songs of Memory CD offers a selection of age-old songs and instrumental pieces from the Karen, Hmong, Mien, Lahu, Akha, and Lisu, which demonstrates their exceptional musical legacy that connects them to their first ancestors.
Distinctive not only in melody and rhythm, but also in signature style, these traditions collectively make the Golden Triangle one of the most musically diverse places on the planet.
| Karen 1. Kwae free-reed horns 2. Courting Song, accompanied on a Te Na harp 3. Neng Sang Ku, "thousand verse song" 4. Song of Lonliness 5. Courting Song 6. Ancestral Song, accompanied on a Paplaw tube zither |
Lahu 19. Courting Song, played on a Naw free-reed pipes 20. Sacred Chanting 21. Courting Song, voice and Tae Lae Kui end-blown flute 22. Courting Song, played on an Ahta mouth harp 23. Courting Song 24. Medley of festival and healing music, played on free-reed pipes: Tolaemu, Naw Seu, Naw Kuma 25. Sacred Chanting |
| Hmong 7. New Year Song, played on a Gheng free-reed pipes 8. Song of Longing 9. Courting Song, played on a Traa Pulay end-blown flute 10. Song of Lonliness 11. Courting Song, played on a Lei Lei folk clarinet 12. Courting Song, played on a Nja mouth harp |
Akha 26. Hunting Rite, played on Ho Dii bamboo beaters 27. Shaman Soul-Calling Ritual 28. Courting Song, played on a Ja Eu mouth harp 29. Courting Song 30. Funeral chanting, accompanied on a Bau Tang beater 31. Ancestral Song 32. Courting Song, played on a leaf 33. Courting Song, accompanied on a Dheuham Lute |
| Mien 13. Courting Song 14. Courting Song, played on a Hao Dong Ngo, end-blown flute 15. Courting Song 16. Ceremonial Music, performed by a Dzat double reed and percussion 17.Ancestral Song 18. Sacred Chanting to call deities, accompanied by Ling bells |
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