1. Arched harp player in front of a hut. Camps and huts

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Music and Musical Instruments

Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin

Soundscape: Baka arched harp. In the background, sounds
and voices of a rainforest camp (Pigmei Baka del Camerun).

2. Making of a woven plant fiber rattle. Mat and basket weaving Baka women

3. Player of a harp-zither with central bridge. Baka men

4. Drummer accompanying a dance with an open single-skin cylindrical drum. Ritual and participation dances

5. Single-skin drum player. 6. Water drums in a river. Water drums of the Baka

7. Study of the Baka arched harp. Field research: photographic diary with soundscapes

8. A group of women performing propitiatory musical rites for the hunt, during the departure of the hunters. Bow and crossbow hunting

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