
	1. Bus transfer.

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Backstage

(Italian concert tour of a group of Aka Pygmies
from the Central African Republic's rainforest)

Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin

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Soundscape: Aka mono-heterochord musical bow (with mouth
resonator) soundcheck. In the background, Fiesole cathedral's bells.


	2. Concert rehearsal at the Fiesole Roman Theatre.


	3. Mic test on the Castelnovo ne' Monti stage, in the Reggian Apennine, for the Confusion& Festival (2001). Aka Pygmies Italian Concert Tour


	4. Transfer to the concert hall on a pickup truck, with Aka musical instruments, including a long reed trunk (idiophone struck directly: individual percussion tube), used for accompaniment to dance and choral singing. Aka Pygmy music and dances


	5. Choral singing in the lobby of a hotel, after a concert of the tour.


	6. Relax moment in the Viterbo's countryside, in a day off from the concert tour in central Italy. Daily activities


	7. Luis Devin, Piero Pelù and Giovanni Lindo Ferretti with Aka Pygmies after a concert. Fieldwork audio-photo gallery

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	The author: 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.com www.facebook.com/LuisDevin


	HOME SECTION INDEX BACK Backstage of the Aka Pygmies Italian Concert Tour (Italian concert tour of a group of Aka Pygmies from the Central African Republic's rainforest). Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin. Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/aka/backstage.php Photos, 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 Aka Pygmy people live, is 20:19. Every minute, at least 25 hectares (250.000 m²) of forest are destroyed around the world (source: WWF). Go to the Other Pygmy Peoples section index Copyright © 1998-2024 Luis Devin. All rights reserved.