This album documents various vocal chants performed by the Kemak People
of Marobo at ceremonies to mark the social life of the community and
individuals. The chants are of both a ceremonial and festive nature. There are
also recordings of two instruments the na’go (a type of jew’s harp) and the
genu (a wind instrument made from a notched reed).
Clamagirand, Brigitte, comp. Timor: Chants des Éma Timor:
Songs of the Ema. LP. Le Chant du Monde LDX 74693. (Traditions Musicales
des Cinq Continents / Collection du C.N.R.S. et du Musée de l’Homme.)
Paris: Le Chant du Monde, 1979. Recordings and commentary by Brigitte
Clamagirand. Recorded 1966 and 1969-1970 in the Marobo region of (then)
Portuguese East Timor.
