DAMBA
Yendi, Ghana DVD, 35 minutes
This video documents the Damba festival, an ancient ritual of the Dagomba people of northern Ghana. This video highlights the 11th day of the Damba celebration and features the procession of the paramount chief, dance drummers of Damba, and the chief of fiddlers at Ya Naa's Palace. Instruments featured include the lunga (talking drum), gungon, gonje and rattles. Cultural Information: Sulley Imoro. Videography: Nico Spezzacatena. Editing: Cathy Silverman
excerpt from Damba
KWAMIVI TSEGAH'S FUNERAL
Anyako, Ghana DVD, 50 minutes
This video documents the funeral of Kwamivi Tsegah, a respected elder in Anyako village, Ghana. The video features a variety of Ewe dance drumming performances including "Afli," "Afa," and "Axatsevu." In the video you will also see the wakekeeping, funeral services, and entertainment for the funeral provided by Balimba Ballete, a dance drumming group from No Man's Land. Videography and research: Nico Spezzacatena. Editing: Cathy Silverman.
excerpt from Kwamivi Tsegah's Funeral
HUSUNU'S DURBAR
Anyako, Ghana DVD, 40 minutes
This video features Husunu Ladzekpo's Durbar, a celebration commemorating the 30th anniversary of his death. In this video, you will see traditional Ewe dance drumming, which includes "Gadzo," "Axatsevu," and "Agbekor." The video also documents traditional Ewe songs, the procession to the cemetary, and the libations and tree planting made at the ceremonies. Videography and research: Nico Spezzacatena. Editing: Cathy Silverman.
excerpt from Husunu's Durbar
PITRA YADNYA: BALINESE DEATH RITUALS
Abian Jero, Bali, Indonesia DVD, 40 minutes
This video features the traditional Balinese death rituals. In the first section, you will see the exhumation of 11 people from the village cemetary. The bodies are then prepared for the cremation, which takes place in the second part of the video. The cremation ritual documents the cremation tower and procession, offerings and blessings from the head village priest and the burning of the remains in the fiinal stage of cremation which represents the freeing of the soul for reincarnation. Videography, editing and research: Cathy Silverman.
excerpt from Pitra Yadnya: Balinese Death Rituals
THE CREMATION OF NI KETUT MARSI
Abian Jero, Bali, Indonesia DVD, 15 minutes
This video features the cremation of Ni Ketut Marsi from the village of Abian Jero in Eastern Bali. In the video, you will see the preparation of the body, offerings and blessings from a village priest, the cremation of the body in the village cemetary, and the disposal of the ashes in a nearby river. Videography, editing and research: Cathy Silverman.
excerpt from The Cremation of Ni Ketut Marsi
TOPENG: BALINESE MASKED DANCE
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
DVD, 50 minutes
This DVD features a Topeng (masked dance) competition featured in the Bali Arts Festival 2005. In this video you will see performances from the village of Abian Jero and Jimbaran. The Topeng dances featured include Topeng Tua ("Old Man"), Topeng Patih ("Prime Minister"), Comic Servants, Topeng Dalem ("King"), and Topeng Siddhakarya ("The Purifier"). Videography, editing and research: Cathy Silverman.
excerpt from Topeng: Balinese Masked Dance
DANCES OF GALUNGAN
Abian Jero, Bali, Indonesia DVD, 40 minutes
This video documents a Balinese New Year Galungan ceremony in Eastern Bali. The ceremony features the following dances: Penyembrama ("Welcome Dance"), Panji Semirang ("Dance of Panji"), Oleg Tambulilingan ("Bumblebee Dance"), Cendra Wasi ("Birds of Paradise Dance"), Jauk Manis, Manuk Rawa ("Long-Legged Bird Dance"), and a sacred jauk dance of the God Menanu. Videography, editing and research by Cathy Silverman.
excerpt from Dances of Galungan
GENJEK
Bali, Indonesia
This CD features genjek, a type of folk-singing that is a vocalization of the Balinese gamelan (orchestra). Recordings by Cathy Silverman.
Genjek excerpt
MUSIC FROM THE BALI ARTS FESTIVAL
Bali, Indonesia
Gamelan selonding
This CD features gamelan selonding, gamelan gambung and Topeng mask dancing from various villages around Bali. Recordings by Cathy Silverman.
(iron gamelan)
EL ZOTZ
Mayan Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala
Howler monkeys This CD is an environmental recording made at dawn in the Peten jungle region of northern Guatemala. Recording by Cathy Silverman.
photo courtesy of N. Bletter
MAYAN SOUNDS
Guatemala
Dance of the Conquistadores
This CD features various environmental and music recordings from Guatemala. Recordings by Jason Shanks and Cathy Silverman.
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In conjunction with Nada Brahma’s cultural and educational projects, we record indigenous ceremonies and the acoustics of local ecologies, and produce DVD and CD documentaries that bring to wider audiences the importance of the conservation and preservation of indigenous culture and the environment. All proceeds are shared equitably with local participants. Through documenting indigenous music and ceremonies, we hope to make a meaningful contribution to the preservation of indigenous knowledge. The following is a list of DVDs and CDs produced by the Nada Brahma Foundation. For ordering information, please contact us at info@nadabrahma.org.
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