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Music and Dances

Musical instruments, musicians and dancers

(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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Backstage

Soundscape: Aka dance accompanied by polyphonic singing
and rhythmic claps (Aka Pygmies of the Central African Republic).


	2. Tuning of an arched harp during the rehearsals for a concert of the tour. Backstage


	3. Aka drummers with cylindrical single skin drums on stage at the Fiesole Roman Theatre, during the rehearsals for a Pygmy music and dance show at the "Estate Fiesolana" festival (2001). Aka Pygmies Italian Concert Tour


	4. Aka dancers during a performance in a meadow of Bismantova Stone, a mount near Castelnovo ne' Monti, in the Reggian Apennine.


	5. The "N'zamba Lela Group" (Aka Pygmies of the Central African Republic) on the stage of a theater during the performance of a polyphonic choral song.

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	HOME SECTION INDEX BACK Aka Pygmy music and dances 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/music-dance.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 22:00. 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 index Copyright © 1998-2024 Luis Devin. All rights reserved.