| Weaving worksMats, Panniers, Baskets, Rattles, etc.(Baka Pygmies of Cameroon, Gabon and Congo)Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis DevinSoundscape: Baka children speaking and, in the background, elderly woman singing a jodel lullaby (Baka Pygmies of Cameroon). | 2. Weaving of a large pannier for gathering forest products. 3. Woven plant fiber basket.
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Music anthropologist and writer, he has carried out field research in central Africa, where he lived with the Baka Pygmies and other forest peoples, whose music, rituals and survival strategies he has been studying for more than a decade. www.luisdevin.comwww.facebook.com/LuisDevin | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | HOME SECTION INDEX BACKMat and basket weaving of the Baka Pygmies, with photos and ethnographic notes (Baka Pygmies of Cameroon, Gabon and Congo).Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin. Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/baka/weaving-works.phpPhotos, videos and sounds are available for licensing, both for multimedia use and paper publications. For the terms and conditions, contact the author from the Contact page. The time in the tropical rainforests of the Western Congo Basin, where the Baka Pygmy people live, is 04:23. Every minute, at least 25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF). Go to the Baka Pygmies section indexCopyright © 1998-2024 Luis Devin. All rights reserved. | | | | | | | |
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