Video Index by Geographical Region

AFRICA

EAST AFRICA

Ethiopia: 2-17: Krar (Ethiopian lyre); 12-9: St. Michael’s Feast, Lalibela; 13-1: Azmari singer and masenko accompaniment, Lalibela
Uganda: 2-39: Enkwanzi (Ugandan panpipes); 2-71: Embaire (Ugandan xylophone); 2-73: Endongo (Ugandan thumb pianos); 9-5: Political rap, Kampala; 10-9: Adhan (Call to Prayer), Kampala; 10-17: Watoto Church service, Kampala; 10-18: School choir, Masaka district; 10-19: School choir, Masaka district; 10-20: School choir, Rakai district; 10-21: Four school choirs, Masaka district
Zanzibar: 5-7: Bi Kidude and Taraab Orchestra

WEST AFRICA

Cameroon: 3-33: Yelli vocal polyphony
Cape Verde: 12-4: Two Christian processions
Côte d’Ivoire: 11-9: Zaouli masked dance
Ghana: 2-12: Seperewa (bridge harp); 3-9: Work rhythms; 3-11: Hand and foot drum
Guinea: 3-6: West African polyrhythm (percussion ensemble)
Mali: 3-10: Wedding party; 5-20: Music School in Kirina
Nigeria: 2-58: West African talking drum; 2-67: Agogo (iron double bell); 5-9: Remo talking drum; 15-2: Sarewa (flutes) and jauje (talking drums) at boxing match
Senegal: 2-8: West African praise singer, Diali Cissokho; 2-24: Akonting (Senegalese lute); 13-5: Diali Cissokho, praise singer and kora player

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Madagascar: 5-22: A cappella vocal ensemble Salala, Antananarivo
Malawi: 3-26: Limbe Mvano Choir
South Africa: 3-34: Isicathamiya, a cappella vocal ensemble; 5-14: South African lullaby; 9-1: “Die Stem Van Suid-Afrika,” South African national anthem during Apartheid; 9-2: “Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika,” anthem of the African National Congress during Apartheid; 9-3: “Weeping,” anti-Apartheid protest song; 15-3: Vuvuzelas, Johannesburg
Zambia: 2-11: Kalumbu (musical bow)
Zimbabwe: 3-32: Mbiras (Shona thumb pianos); 11-3: Three mbira (thumb piano) musicians

THE AMERICAS

NORTH AMERICA

Canada: 2-4: Katajjaq throat singing in Arviat, Nunavut, Canada; 15-6: Celtic music session, Baddeck, Cape Breton; 15-7: Celtic music session, Whycocomagh, Cape Breton
Native American and First Nations: 2-4: Katajjaq throat singing in Arviat, Nunavut, Canada; 2-38: Native American wooden flute; 2-61: Powwow drum
U.S.: 2-5: Jimmie Rodgers; 2-7: Old Time Camp Meeting song, Atlanta, GA; 2-23: Ukulele, Hawaii; 2-25: Banjo; 2-27: Jimi Hendrix (electric guitar); 2-29: Ciompi String Quartet; 2-40: Ocarina; 2-52: Wanamaker Organ; 2-54: North Carolina Brass Band; 2-55: Bugle; 2-56: Timpani; 2-62: Glen Velez (frame drum); 2-70: Musical saw; 2-76: Soultone cymbals; 2-79: Tam tam; 3-1: University of Michigan Marching Band; 3-8: Prison work gangs; 3-13: Tito Puente (timbales); 3-37: “Large Hadron Rap”; 3-38: San Francisco Jazz; 5-1: John Lennon, “Mother”; 5-3: Tito Puente salsa band; 5-8: Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys; 5-12: The Lone Ranger theme music; 5-16: New Orleans jazz funeral parade; 5-17: Music therapy; 5-18: Bar Mitzvah; 5-19: Byzantine hymn, Brooklyn, NY; 6-2: Ravi Shankar (sitar) with Alla Rakha (tabla) at Monterey Pop Festival; 7-4: Otis Redding at Monterey Pop Festival; 7-5: Janis Joplin at Monterey Pop Festival; 7-15: Playing for Change multimedia music project; 7-16: “One Love,” Playing for Change version; 8-3: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones with Tuvan throat singer Kongar and tabla player Sandip Burman; 8-4: Cajun Mardi Gras; 8-5: Cajun begging songs in Iota, LA; 8-6: Cajun twin fiddling, LA; 8-7: Afro-Cajun accordion style, LA; 8-9: Montagnard Community dance, Greensboro, NC; 8-10: Montagnard hanging gongs and barrel drum, Raleigh, NC; 8-11: Trung (Montagnard bamboo xylophone), Greensboro, NC; 8-12: Gong (Montagnard tube zither), Greensboro, NC; 8-13: Ding nam (Montagnard mouth organ), Raleigh, NC; 8-14: Montagnard song by Hip Ksor, Raleigh, NC; 8-15: Montagnard hip hop artist, Mondega, Raleigh, NC; 10-14: Mennonite choir; 10-15: Thomas A. Dorsey, African American gospel; 11-1: Gospel brass shout band, Washington, D.C.; 13-6: Kaira Ba, West African-American fusion band, North Carolina; 15-5: Marian Anderson, Washington, D.C.

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina: 7-2: Tango; 7-3: Argentine dance orchestras with bandoneon (button accordion)
Brazil: 2-26: Sergio and Odair Assad, guitar duo; 2-63: Pandeiro (frame drum); 3-7: Bateria percussion ensemble, Rio de Janeiro; 15-9: Mocidade Samba School, Rio de Janeiro
Colombia: 2-46: Clarinet
Paraguay: 2-14: Paraguayan harp
Peru: 2-3: Quechua traditional ensemble, Cuzco; 14-2: Virgen del Carmen festival, Paucartambo
Suriname: 1-1: Competing Amazonian songbirds, Paramaribo; 2-69: Baithak gana (“seated singing”), Paramaribo; 5-10: Apenti (Surinamese talking drum); 7-9: Afro-Surinamese drumming patterns; 7-10: Native American dance, Paramaribo; 7-11: Afro-Surinamese dance, Paramaribo; 7-12: East Indian dance, Paramaribo; 7-13: Jaran kapang (Javanese hobby horse dance), Paramaribo; 8-20: The Folkloristisch Ensemble (dance), Paramaribo; 8-21: Henk Tjon's funeral, Paramaribo; 11-5: Afro-Surinamese Winti ceremony; 12-11: Saramaccan Maroon ceremony

CARIBBEAN

Jamaica: 7-16: “One Love” (original by Bob Marley), Playing for Change version
Puerto Rico: 2-64: Congas; 3-13: Tito Puente (timbales); 5-3: Tito Puente salsa band
Trinidad and Tobago: 2-81: Steel bands compilation; 5-13: Tassa drumming; 8-16: Chutney wining; 8-17: Mungal Patasar and Pantar music video; 8-18: Mungal Patasar and Pantar rehearsal; 15-10: J’Ouvert carnival song, Port of Spain

ASIA

EAST ASIA

Japan: 2-9: Japanese epic narrator; 3-5: Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute); 3-35: Sankyoku (music for three instruments); 5-6: Geisha song and dance; 11-10: Bon Odori dance for Obon celebrations, Tokyo; 11-11: Buddhist chant, Kyoto; 11-12: Children drumming, Obon performance, Kyoto; 11-13: Ritual pole spinning, Obon performance, Kyoto; 11-14: Lion and spider dance, Obon performance, Kyoto; 13-10: Japanese epic narrator and biwa accompaniment; 14-3: Bunraku puppet theater
People’s Republic of China: 2-22: Pipa (Chinese lute); 2-35: Guqin (Chinese long zither); 2-36: Guzheng (Chinese long zither); 2-44: Suona (Chinese oboe); 2-50: Chinese sheng (mouth organ) and accordion; 2-70: Musical saw; 2-77: Hand-held gongs; 2-79: Tam tam; 3-16: Muqam (Uighur modal system); 3-18: Pentatonic Chinese melody on erhu (one-string fiddle); 3-36: Jiangnan sizhu (Chinese wind and string ensemble); 5-11: “Sai Ma” (Horse Race) on erhu; 8-19: “Nostalgia” by Ma Sicong; 10-6: Buddhist walking meditation, Shanxi province; 11-2: Nadun celebration, Qinghai province; 12-3: Musical water fountain display, Buddhist theme park, Wuxi; 12-5: Two Daoist processions, Hong Kong and Xian; 12-10: Funeral rituals, Shaanbei, Shaanxi province; 13-8: Shuoshude (blind storyteller), Suide, Shaanxi province; 13-9: Touring company of blind musicians, Beijing
Republic of Korea: 2-10: National Gugak Orchestra; 2-37: Kayagum (long zither); 2-42: Taepyongso (Korean oboe); 2-60: Changgo (hourglass drum); 2-66: Large hanging bell; 2-83: Shinawi Korean folk ensemble; 3-4: Korean rhythmic pattern; 3-19: Sijo (traditional Korean art song); 3-20: Ajaeng (Korean seven-string bowed zither); 8-2: Korean kayagums with DJ, beatboxing, and breakdancing; 10-1: Korean Buddhist chant; 13-11: Pansori, excerpt from Sopyonje feature film; 13-12: Pansori, UNESCO video; 14-1: T’al ch’um masked dance drama
Tibetan Regions: 2-6: Tibetan love song; 2-53: Dung-chen (Tibetan trumpets); 2-75: Rolmo (Tibetan cymbals); 6-1: Kajod Wangmo singing “sky song”; 7-7: “Tibetans” by Acko Choedrag; 7-8: Acko Choedrag at Kumbum Monastery; 9-6: Plateau Music Project Infomercial; 9-8: Tibetan nomadic song; 10-10: Tara Sutra (Buddhist prayers); 11-4: Buddhist monks perform Black Hat dance

SOUTH ASIA

Afghanistan: 3-29: Rabab (Afghani plucked lute)
Bangladesh: 3-30: Bansuri (Bangladeshi bamboo flute)
India: 2-21: Sitar (North Indian lute); 2-31: Sarangi (North Indian fiddle); 2-43: Nadaswaram (South Indian oboe); 2-72: Jaltarang (Indian, tuned, water-filled ceramic bowls); 2-84: South Indian violin; 3-12: Ghatam (South Indian clay pot); 3-17: Concert for Bangladesh; 3:21: Karnatak vocal music; 3-25: Tambura (Indian long-necked lute); 6-2: Ravi Shankar (sitar) with Alla Rakha (tabla) at Monterey Pop Festival; 10-2: Vedic chant; 10-3: Vedic chant, Kerala; 10-11: Qawwali singers, Nizamuddin shrine, Delhi; 11-8: Bharatanatyam, South Indian classical dance; 11-16: Kathakali, South Indian dance drama; 12-1: Ganga Puja, Benares; 12-6: Hindu wedding procession, Agra; 12-7: Hindu ritual procession, Manali, Himachal Pradesh; 13-13: Epic of Pabuji, Rajasthan
Pakistan: 10-12: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Qawwali party

SOUTHEAST ASIA

Bali – Indonesia: 11-15: Calonarang performance, Camphuan Temple, Ubud
Java – Indonesia: 2-80: Javanese gamelan; 3-14: Gamelan tuning systems; 7-13: Jaran kapang (Javanese hobby horse dance), Suriname; 14-4: Wayang Kulit shadow puppet theater
Laos: 2-41: Nplooj (Hmong leaf); 10-5: Theravada Buddhist chant
Myanmar (Burma): 2-15: Saung gauk (Burmese harp); 2-57: Pat waing (drum circle); 12-2: Sound of gongs at the Golden Rock, Kyaiktiyo
Philippines: 2-78: Tuned gongs
Thailand: 2-49: Khaen (mouth organ)

AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA

10-16: Darlene Zschech, praise and worship song

OCEANIA

Papua New Guinea

1-2: Buzzing beetle, Kaulong area, southwest New Britain

EUROPE

Austria: 2-29: Ciompi String Quartet; 3-39: Electronic instruments
Bulgaria: 3-24: Gaida (Bulgarian bagpipe); 3-28: Gadulka (Bulgarian fiddle); 6-3: Maria Stoyanova playing gaida
Croatia: 6-4: Celebration of Croatia joining the European Union; 13-3: Dane Jurić, Croatian epic singer and gusle player; 13-4: Ruža Jolić, Croatian epic singer and gusle player
England: 2-51: English concertina; 5-1: John Lennon, “Mother”; 10-7: Qur’anic recitation, UK
France: 2-46: Clarinet; 3-23: Couperin, “Seour Monique” on double Flemish harpsichord; 3-27: Benedictine nuns; 5-4: Nadia Boulanger; 5-23: “The Internationale”; 15-1: Busking musicians: 2. France
Germany: 2-82: Theremin; 8-1: Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D
Greece: 2-16: Lyre documentary; 2-32: Santouri (Greek hammered dulcimer)
Greenland: 9-4: Nuuk Posse, Greenland hip hop group
Hungary: 2-48: Klezmer
Ireland: 2-51: English concertina; 13-7: O’Carolan piece on Celtic harp
Italy: 2-34: Harpsichord; 2-45: Cornamusa (Italian bagpipe); 15-1: Busking musicians: 1. Rome
Montenegro: 13-2: Avđo Mededović, epic singer and gusle player
Netherlands: 2-56: Timpani
Portugal: 5-2: Fado
Sardinia: 2-47: Launeddas (Sardinian triple-pipe clarinet)
Scotland: 2-13: Scottish tune on Celtic harp; 5-15: Royal Military Tattoo, Edinburgh Castle
Spain: 2-65: Church bells in Seville; 2-68: Castanets
Switzerland: 3-37: “Large Hadron Rap”
Ukraine: 7-1: Bandura (Ukrainian lute-zither)

MIDDLE EAST

General: 2-18: Ud (Arabic lute); 2-28: Kamanche (spike fiddle); 2-33: Qanun (Arabic zither); 2-59: Derbake (goblet drum); 2-74: Zil (finger cymbals); 3-2: Souhail Kaspar rhythm demonstration on dumbek (goblet drum); 3-3: Belly Dance; 3-22: Taqsim improvisation on ud (Arabic lute); 3-31: “Samai Nahawand,” Simon Shaheen; See Uganda. 10-9: Adhan (Call to Prayer)
Azerbaijan: 2-28: Kamanche (spike fiddle); 3-15: Mugam (Azeri modal system); 5-21: Azeri house concert; 10-13: Azeri zikr (ritual prayer)
Egypt: 2-33: Qanun (Arabic zither); 3-3: Belly Dance; 7-6: Umm Kulthum; 10-8: Sheikh Abdul Basit, Qur’anic recitation
Iran: 2-19: Tar (Iranian lute); 2-20: Setar (Iranian lute); 5-5: Mohammad Reza Shahjarian, vocalist
Israel: 12-8: Shofar (ram’s horn), Jerusalem
Lebanon: 3-2: Souhail Kaspar rhythm demonstration on dumbek (goblet drum); 3-22: Taqsim improvisation on ud (Arabic lute)
Morocco: 2-30: Kamanja (Moroccan viola)
Turkey: 2-33: Qanun (Arabic zither); 2-74: Zil (finger cymbals); 2-76: Soultone cymbals; 11-6: Whirling dervishes; 11-7: Mevlevi dervishes, Istanbul