| Format | Audio CD |
| Ordering Number | SFW40401 |
| Barcode | 093074040126 |
| label | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Release date | 8/13/2012 |
| Release date | 1/1/1992 |
| salesrank | 865 |
Manufacturer- Company nameGalileo Music Communication GmbH
- AdresseGutenbergstr. 9, Puchheim Puchheim, DE
- e-Mailinfo@galileo-mc.de
Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest captures the variety and tonal quality of the solo and choral traditions present in Mbuti vocal music. Songs are primarily concerned with Mbuti's nomadic life and the forest, from which their lives and those of the animal kingdom are sustained. These prized recordings have been remastered and resequenced to reflect Dr. Turnbull's original mode: the recording begins in the forest with music associated with hunting and gathering, moves to the village for a Bantu initiation ritual, and finally returns to the forest for the Mbuti rituals. This record documents the music discussed in the book The Forest People, read by many anthropology classes. A superbly annotated favorite among world music enthusiasts. "...[F]rom the moment Colin Turnbull lets the chatter and work rhythms of the encampment he's approaching engulf the jungle's ambient insect and bird music, I'm hooked." —The Village Voice
CD 1- 1.Birds, crickets, and young Mbuti Pygmy boys in the Ituri Rainforest: In the rainforest approaching a forest camp
- 2.Group of Mbuti men: Elephant-hunting song
- 3.Group of Mbuti men and boys: Elephant Hunt song
- 4.Group of Mbuti men: Spear song
- 5.Group of Mbuti Pygmies: Cries of beaters during net hunting: signalling and shouting
- 6.Group of Mbuti women: Honey-gathering song
- 7.Group of Mbuti Pygmies: Animal Dance song
- 8.Two Mbuti Pygmies: Flute duet
- 9.Pakasi: Flute solo
- 10.Slit-gong signalling: Slit-gong signalling
- 11.Group of Mbuti men and women: Mbuti dance in Bantu village
- 12.Abdul Aziz: Lukembi and voice
- 13.Mbuti Pygmy playing lukembi: Lukembi (Mbuti)
- 14.Two Mbuti bachelors: Bachelor duet with Lukembi
- 15.Ndaka man playing musical bow: Musical bow
- 16.Nkumbi initiation dance: Musical sticks
- 17.Group of Mbuti boys led by Ndaka villager: Nkumbi initiation song
- 18.Group of Mbuti women: First song of the Elima, the women's society
- 19.Group of Mbuti women: Second song of the Elima, the women's society
- 20.Group of Mbuti men: First Molimo fire dance song
- 21.Group of Mbuti men: Second Molimo fire dance song
- 22.Group of Mbuti men and women: Molimo song with a preliminary argument
- 23.Group of Mbuti men: First Molimo song sung only on occasions of great importance
- 24.Group of Mbuti men: Second Molimo song sung only on occasions of great importance
- 25.Group of Mbuti men: Molimo song: Darkness is good
- 26.Group of Mbuti men: Molimo song of devotion to the forest