Rivers
Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran explore music of river regions around the world, visiting Zambia, Brazil, Thailand and Laos. Including a ritual which celebrates fertility.
For this major series to accompany 麻豆社 One's 'Human Planet', Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran go in search of music from some of the world's remotest locations. This week: Rivers
Zambia: Andy visits the Victoria Falls, and meets Chief Mukuni of the Tokoleya people, who invites him to a celebration at his village which involves the participants getting very drunk and blowing horns very loudly.
Brazil: Onboard the Amazon Queen, Lucy travels around Para state in northern Brazil meeting some of the mighty river's musical characters, including elderly diva Dona Onete, and a group of indigenous villagers from a very remote community that is close to extinction.
Thailand & Laos: Andy records Mekong Music in Laos, and attends a Rocket Festival in northern Thailand which celebrates fertility, calls the monsoon, and makes a mockery of health and safety law, as forty foot rockets packed with explosives are lauched into the air by groups of drunken youths.
Producers James Parkin and Roger Short.
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Music Planet - Brazil
Duration: 07:22
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Music Planet - Zambia
Duration: 04:07
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Zambia: The Disciples' Church Choir
Duration: 06:22
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Thailand: Street Artist during a parade
Duration: 04:05
Music and featured items
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Rivers - Introduction
Duration: 01:51
Zambia
Duration: 15:26
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[traditional]
Budima horns
Performers: Budima Ensemble of Chief Mwemba Recorded: by the 麻豆社 in Mukuni village, Zambia, 1st August 2010
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Villages of Mukuni
Welcome song of King Mukuni
Recorded: by the 麻豆社 in Mukuni village, Zambia, 2nd August 2010
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[traditional]
Budima horns
Performers: Budima Ensemble of Chief Mwemba Recorded: by 麻豆社 in Mukuni village, Zambia, 1st August 2010
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Enoch Mbongwe
Give generously at a funeral
Performer: Enoch Mbongwe Recorded: by the 麻豆社 at Chikuni village, 3rd August 2010
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Enoch Mbongwe
Pray to the Ancestors for Rain
Performer: Enoch Mbongwe Recorded: by the 麻豆社 at Chikuni village, 3rd August 2010
Brazil
Duration: 24:16
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Mestre Vieira with his band
Joia
Performers: Mestre Vieira with his band Recorded: by the 麻豆社 in Barcarena, Para State, Brazil, on 15th April 2010
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Trio Manari
Piriqui tamboia/Maria & Mangueira
Performers: Trio Manari Recorded: by the 麻豆社 at Furo do Arapari on 13th April 2010
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Trio Manari
Boi do Marajo
Performers: Trio Manari Recorded: by the 麻豆社 at Furo do Arapari on 13th April 2010
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Dona Onete
Amor brejeiro (Swamp love)
Performers: Dona Onete and Leo Chermont Recorded: by the 麻豆社 in Belem on 15th April 2010
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Dona Onete
Paixao cabocla
Performers: Dona Onete and Leo Chermont Recorded: by the 麻豆社 in Belem on 15th April 2010
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Trad Tembe song
Daurakawgao
Performers: The villagers of Itaputyr Recorded: by the 麻豆社 in Itaputyr, Para State, Brazil on 17th April 2010
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Trad Tembe song
Odriw
Performers: The villagers of Itaputyr Recorded: by 麻豆社 in Itaputyr, Para State, Brazil on 17th April 2010
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Trad Tembe song
Tururijoa
Performers: The villagers of Itaputyr Recorded: by the 麻豆社 in Itaputyr, Para State, Brazil on 17th April 2010
Thailand / Laos
Duration: 18:29
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Poor Farmer's Boy
Performers: Kambani Kalawtong and his family Recorded: by the 麻豆社 in Ban Xok, Laos on 7th May 2010
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Looking for Love at the Rocket Festival
Performers: Kambani Kalawtong and his family Recorded: by the 麻豆社 in Ban Xok, Laos on 7th May 2010
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by the 麻豆社 in Yasothon, Thailand on 8th May 2010
Unknown songs played by various street artists during a parade
Broadcasts
- Thu 24 Feb 2011 21:00麻豆社 Radio 3
- Sat 26 Feb 2011 15:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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