
	1. Trip on the Reggian Apennine.

African Pygmies > Other Pygmy Peoples > Aka

Daily Activities

(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: footsteps and bird songs in a forest
of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine (central Italy).


	2. An Aka boy climbs a tree in a wood near Castelnovo ne' Monti (Reggio Emilia). African rainforest


	3. Aka women cooking meat in the kitchen of a farmhouse in the Tuscia (Etruscan area on the northern border of the Lazio region). Food preparation (Baka Pygmies of Cameroon)


	4. Dance of thanksgiving for the food, improvised by the Aka in a restaurant near Viterbo. Aka Pygmy music and dances


	5. Trip in a tuscan wood.


	6. Luis Devin with Aka people during a trip on a day off from the concert tour. Fieldwork audio-photo gallery The Aka Pygmies concert tour


	7. Aka Pygmies walking toward the top of Bismantova Stone (Emilia-Romagna region) for a music and dance performance.

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	HOME SECTION INDEX BACK Aka Pygmies daily activities during their Italian 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/daily-activities.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 05:38. 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.