MUSC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ituri Rainforest, Mbuti People, Emic And Etic
29 Oct 2016
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30-60k in the ituri forest (central africa) The forest is everything : spiritual, physical need, food. Hunting is the most important tradition: ceremony follows each hunt, everyone is important and valued (including women and children) Give thanks and value to ancestors: never forget the music . Singing and music follows every feeling and life event. Molimo: ceremony/ritual, trumpet-like tube instrument, young men stay up all night singing, playing music. Hindewhu = a practice of interlocking whistle and vocal sounds in a single melody. = this interlocking style (hocketing) is the basis for singing, too. The ideal is quiet, and quietness is associated with the forest. The concept is inseparable from the concept of joy, which is ekimi mota, or powerful quietness. Song can be cool and quiet (ekimi) Akami anu ndura = noise kills the forest. Akami anu mukira = noise kills the hunt. To make noise is to be asocial.
