Miao in China ; 2
Enregistrement sonore
- Auteurs : Jeanneau Laurent ; Tanding Shi ;
- Editeurs : Dali Kink Gong ;
- Date d'édition : 2012
- Sujets : Ethnomusicologie -- Chine, Hmong (peuple d'Asie) Chine, Chansons traditionnelles Chine
- Comprend : Miao (Moo) reeds and vocals
- Langue(s) : Anglais, Chinois
- Description matérielle : 1 disque compact (1 h 05 min), 12 cm, : Digital, stéréo
- Pays de publication : France
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Kink Gong
Notes
Enregistrement : Biasha village, Guizhou, Chine, mars-avril 2012
Résumé
The term Miao is a very ancient chinese misleading pseudo ethnic categorisation, of what we call Hmong in western languages, the Miao is a negative generic term which does not reveal the diversity of 38 subgroups, totalizing 9 millions people, mostly in Guizhou province. This cd was recorded in Biasha village, which has recently turned into what i call an ethnic zoo, tourists pay a ticket to take millions of photos of those costumed girls and the peculiar haircut of men, simplified music and dance are being shown to crowds of Han and western tourists. Luckily we also found some musical expression which is not part of this touristic fashion, a more intimate set up composed of 2 reeds (Donglien is a bamboo flute with a copper reed inserted in the mouth and requires circular breathing technique) and male and female singers, intended as love songs.