1. Bedzan player
of open single-skin
cylindrical drum. | | | |
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| Music and DancesMusical instruments,
players and dancers(Bedzan Pygmies of Cameroon)Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis DevinSoundscape: Bedzan dance with polyphonic chant
and single skin drum (Bedzan Pygmies of Cameroon). | 2. Dance of an elderly
Bedzan woman; in the
background, a basket for
transporting vegetables,
fruits and small animals. | | | |
| | 3. Bedzan dance.
4. Bedzan women singing a poliphonic song.
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| | 5. Bedzan man hitting
a single-skin drum for the
rhythmic accompaniment
of a dance. | | | |
| | 6. Bedzan rattle,
made according to
a non-pygmy model
(Tikar of Cameroon). | | | |
| | 7. Bedzan lamellophone
(idiophone in board form,
with laced-on lamellae,
without resonator). | | | |
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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 BACKBedzan Pygmy music and dances, with photos and ethnographic notes (Bedzan Pygmies of Cameroon).Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin. Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/bedzan/music-dance.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 Bedzan Pygmy people live, is 05:00. 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 indexCopyright © 1998-2024 Luis Devin. All rights reserved. | | | | | | | |
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