ML148473
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Subject 1: (Interview). Subtitle: Roberto Cerea - translating. Timecode In: 00:49:13. Timecode out: 00:52:04. Notes: Explaining Dogon ritual song. Subject 2: Dog (Domestic type) (Canis lupus (Domestic type)). Timecode In: 00:52:21. Timecode out: 00:53:19. Subject 3: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Village ambi. Timecode In: 01:00:08. Timecode out: 01:02:46. Subject 4: (Interview). Subtitle: Roberto Cerea - translating. Timecode In: 01:27:25. Timecode out: 01:35:05. Notes: Explaining Dogon ritual Mask Dance. Subject 5: (Interview). Subtitle: Wade Davis, Chris Rainier. Timecode In: 01:41:06. Timecode out: 01:55:58. Notes: Ethnosphere; Dogon culture; Cultural sensitivity; Tourism. Habitat: ; ; Equipment Notes: Decoded MS Stereo. Show: Mali-Dogon Log of DAT #:20A Engineer: Leo Date: January 28th-29th, 2003 Leo announces this is tape 20 Alex says it's the 28th of January, in the village of Goumo. Recording music in the village. 0:21 AC-This village is built way high up on the cliff side. It's made of mud, brick, and stone, mud adobe. There are these caves up above us filled with the bones of ancestors. 1:45-2:19 Ambi. Kids playing around, sounds of village. 2:22-6:23 FX. Drums (kids still talking underneath sound) 6:32-9:41 Ambi. Kids start to sing along with the drum beats, clapping along. Still talking in background. 9:42-12:38 Ambi. Singing, clapping, whistle blowing, no more talking in background. 12:49 Music starts up again, Leo and other crew trying to choreograph sound. 13:52-31:39 Ambi. Music. Acapella and clapping, drums come in a little into the piece. 33:20-38:06 Ambi. More music. Drums and singing. 38:50-41: 56 Ambi. Man singing acapella. 42:00 Ambi. Man singing, woman screams. Walking. 42:56 Woman screams, whistle blows, man singing. 43:30 Two men singing acapella, answer back and forth 44:42 Man restarts singing after a drum beat. Woman screams. 46:20 singing builds to a crescendo with whistle, scream, drum, and singer. 47:20 Man restarts singing after short pause. 48:28 song ends. 48:30 Clapping, people shout "Bravo!" 48:40 AC-Can you explain that? 49:13 R-He says it is a song used for hunters and sometimes used when there are funerals. French 49:29 AC-He seems to be telling a story. 50:03 Dogon 51: 27 R-In the song, they are humming the answers. French R-They say we left it to us the things we are going to use against the animals. French 51:50 R-With your power I killed many animals, lions, elephants. 52:00 AC-Great. Thank you very much. Ask him if he'd like to come down and have some beer with us. (Laughing) 52:23 Ambi-crunchy walking, a horse neighs, a dog barks. 52:53 FX-Dog barking. 53:50 Ambi-walking sounds up close. 55:33 Ambi-walking. Young voices join the group. 56:20 Ambi-walking, baby crying. 56: 33 Ambi-walking up close. 56:51 Leo-Does this guy know where he's taking us? AC-I don't know. 57:33 walking slows. 57:59 Ambi-Dogon speaking 58:20 Ambi walking. 58:36 Ambi rattle 58:57 LEO-Where are we? AC-In the village of Tireli and it's early morning light and we've arrived for a Dogon dance. 59:09 AC-This village is at the base of the escarpment and you see these huge cliffs¿sandstone cliffs rising above us. Reds, browns, yellows and darker colors. And this just extraordinary Dogon architecture all along the base of it here--buildings of stone and mud. The granaries--these very modern-looking constructions with conical thatched roofs. 59:53 CR?-And then ancestral caves above us looking down over the village. 1:00:10 Ambi-talking, rattle. 1:00:41 Ambi something extremely large being dragged. 1:01:20 Ambi men talking, with children playing in background. 1:02:25 Ambi discussion heats up. 1:02:48-1:23:49 Ambi of music: ... (Notes truncated)
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- Dog (Domestic type) Canis lupus (Domestic type)
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- 8 Mar 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 5 Mar 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 8 Mar 2010 - Ben Brotman