| Backstage(Italian concert tour of a group of Aka Pygmies
from the Central African Republic's rainforest)Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis DevinSoundscape: Aka mono-heterochord musical bow (with mouth
resonator) soundcheck. In the background, Fiesole cathedral's bells. |
| | | | 2. Concert rehearsal at
the Fiesole Roman Theatre. | | | | | | | |
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| | | | 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 | | | | | | | |
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| | | | 5. Choral singing in the lobby of
a hotel, after a concert of the tour. | | | | | | | |
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| | | | 6. Relax moment in the Viterbo's
countryside, in a day off from
the concert tour in central Italy.
Daily activities | | | | | | | |
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| | | | 7. Luis Devin, Piero Pelù and Giovanni Lindo
Ferretti with Aka Pygmies after a concert. | | | | | | | |
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