Bulu Songs Cameroons / Var: Bulu Songs Cameroons / Various

Bulu Songs Cameroons / Var: Bulu Songs Cameroons / Various

Bulu Songs Cameroons / Var: Bulu Songs Cameroons / Various

Format: CD

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Title: Bulu Songs Cameroons / Various
Artist: Bulu Songs Cameroons / Var
Label: Folkways Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093070445123
Genre: International

The Bulu are one of the Fang-speaking peoples living in southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon-a region renowned for it's rainforest's and mountains. Bulu Songs from the Cameroons includes songs sung by the mbon mvet, a traveling storyteller and musician who spreads news throughout the region and who plays the mvet, a stringed instrument made from the frond of a raffia palm and gourds. Liner notes include a description of Bulu culture, track notes, notes on the pronunciation of Bulu words, and an illustration of the mvet.

Tracks:
1.1 Dance Song
1.2 Secret Society Initiation Song
1.3 Folk Tale
1.4 Song of Self-Praise
1.5 Song of Sorrow
1.6 Dance Song
1.7 Dance Song
1.8 Women's Dance Song
1.9 Men's Drinking Song
1.10 Song of Self-Praise
1.11 Work Song
1.12 Men's Dance
1.13 Story Song
1.14 Flute Melody
1.15 War Song
1.16 Sung to a Groom
1.17 Sung By the Bride's Relatives
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