This is the most comprehensive musical portrait ever of life in a Papua New Guinea rainforest community. Three CDs and an 80-page illustrated booklet feature two generations of Bosavi musicaians and twenty-five years of field recordings.

Tracklist:

My Father, My Heart
Kemuli
Oh No!
What We Said
My Mother
Really Hungry!
Sadness
BBK Brother
E-Yo, E-Yo
Long Ago
Father, Mother
Where Has My Mother Gone?
Rosi, Rosi
Blue Mountain
Sorry, My Sister! You People Go!
Air Niugini Plane
One Time
Sun Is Setting, The
My Sweetheart
A Men's Work Group Clears A New Garden
Ulahi Sings While Scraping Sago Pith
Ulahi Sings While Making Sago
Fo: Fo: And Miseme Sing At Their Sago Place
Ulahi And Eyo: Bo Sing With Afternoon Cicadas
Ulahi And Eyo: Bo Sing At A Waterfall
Men's Vocal Quartet With Seed-Pod Rattles
A Large Men's Collective Work Group Sing And Whoop
Gaima Plays The Bamboo Jew's Harp
Voices Of The Forest: A Village Soundscape
Funerary Sung-Weeping Group
Funerary Sung-Weeping By Gania And Famu
Funerary Sung-Weeping By Hane
Seance Gisalo Song By Aiba With Weeping
Ceremonial Gisalo Performed By Halawa
Group Ceremonial Drumming, Ilib Kuwo:
Ceremonial Ko: Luba Song-1
Ceremonial Ko: Luba Song-2
Ceremonial Ko: Luba Song-3
Ceremonial Ko: Luba Song-4
Ceremonial Iwo: Song-1
Ceremonial Iwo: Song-2
Ceremonial Iwo: Song-3
Ceremonial Iwo: Song-4
Women's Ceremonial Iwo: Song-1
Women's Ceremonial Iwo: Song-2
Ceremonial Sabio Duet
Ceremonial Sabio Quartet
Men's Work Group Clears a New Garden, A
Ulahi Sings While Scraping Sago Pith
Ulahi Sings While Making Sago
Fo: Fo and Miseme Sing at Their Sago Place
Ulahi and Eyo: Bo Sing With Afternoon Cicadas
Ulahi and Eyo: Bo Sing at a Waterfall
Men's Vocal Quartet With Seed-Pod Rattles
Large Men's Collective Work Group Sing and Whoop, A
Gaima Plays the Bamboo Jew's Harp
Voices in the Forest: A Village Soundscape
Funerary Sung-Weeping Group - Weeping Group
Funerary Sung-Weeping by Gania and Famu - Gania/Famu
Funerary Sung-Weeping by Hane - Hane
Seance Gisalo Song by Aiba With Weeping - Aiba
Ceremonial Gisalo Performance by Halawa - Halawa
Group Ceremonial Drumming, Ilib Kuwo:
Ceremonial Ko: Luba - (Ko:Luba Song-1)
Ceremonial Ko: Luba - (Ko:Luba Song-2)
Ceremonial Ko: Luba - (Ko:Luba Song-3)
Ceremonial Ko: Luba - (Ko:Luba Song-4)
Ceremonial Iwo: - (Iwo: Song-1)
Ceremonial Iwo: - (Iwo: Song-2)
Ceremonial Iwo: - (Iwo: Song-3)
Ceremonial Iwo: - (Iwo: Song-4)
Women's Ceremonial Iwo: - (Iwo: Song-1)
Women's Ceremonial Iwo: - (Iwo: Song-2)
Ceremonial Sabio Duet - (Sabio Duet)
Ceremonial Sabio Quartet - (Sabio Quartet)

UPC: 093074048726
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Release Date: 3.27.01
Format: CD

Bosavi Rainforest Music Papua New Guinea / Var - Bosavi: Rainforest Music From Papua New Guinea (3 CD)