1. Bedzan girl with blue eyes and scarifications on the face.

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Portraits

Bedzan Women and Men

(Bedzan Pygmies of Cameroon)

Photos, texts and audio recordings
by Luis Devin

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Introduction

Soundscape: voices of Bedzan men and women in a semi-sedentary
camp, at the end of a dance (Pigmei Bedzan del Camerun).

2. Bedzan man sitting on a wooden stool in front of a hut. Villages and Huts

3. Bedzan man with cloth headgear.

4. Bedzan woman.

5. Bedzan woman performing a female polyphony. Music and dances

6. Luis Devin with Bedzan people. Fieldwork audio-photo gallery

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	The author: Music anthropologist and writer, he has carried out field research in central Africa, where he lived with the Baka Pygmies and other forest peoples, whose music, rituals and survival strategies he has been studying for more than a decade. www.luisdevin.com www.facebook.com/LuisDevin


	HOME SECTION INDEX BACK Photo potraits (Bedzan Pygmy people), with soundscape and descriptive notes (Bedzan Pygmies of Cameroon). Photos, texts and audio recordings by Luis Devin. Page URL: http://www.pygmies.org/bedzan/portraits.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 Bedzan Pygmy people live, is 04:03. 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.