Asia-Various Artists - Mien (Yao) - Canon Singing in China, Vietnam And Laos (LP)

 

artist 
  Asia-Various Artists
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title 
  Mien (Yao) - Canon Singing in China, Vietnam And Laos (LP)
 
country 
  VARIOUS
 
mainstyle 
  Traditional
 
style 
 
 
label 
  Sublime Frequencies
 
year 
  2021
 
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Raw, ethereal, and cosmic -- for fans of Bulgarian choir and Javanese Court Gamelan and Sundanese styles of vocal ascension. Although their name comes from a pejorative Chinese expression that means "dog" or "savage" -- stemming from a legend that they were founded by a dog who saved the life of the daughter of a Chinese emperor and thus was rewarded with her hand in marriage -- the largest branch of the YAO minority call themselves MIEN, which means simply "people". They number four million and are spread over the southern Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan, and also migrated to Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand over the last centuries. Part of the Miao-Yao (Hmong Mien) group of the Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic family, they have many subgroups, defined according to colors of their traditional clothes.

 
memo 

Recorded and produced in the field by Laurent Jeanneau (Kink Gong), this limited edition LP comes with a two-sided insert of photos and liner notes with extended track descriptions by Laurent Jeanneau. Features Keo And Na (Laos), Deng Fu Mei And Zhang Wu Mei (China), Yang Chun Jin And Yang Bao Cheng (China), and Gap Choun (Vietnam).

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