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Dayak Benuaq

Kwangkay (Funerary Music Of The Dayak Benuaq Of Borneo)

Label: Sublime Frequencies
Style: Field Recording, Non-Music, Traditional
Format: LP
Release Year: 2016

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Numbering less than 1000 people, the Dayak Benuaq from the Eastern Kalimantan region of Indonesian Borneo still practice many of their traditional ceremonial customs. This album of field recordings presents the music associated with the kwangkay, the secondary mortuary ritual celebrated by the Dayak Benuaq, recorded live on location by Vincenzo Della Ratta.

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