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rituels funéraires
“A nos morts, ici et ailleurs” – Félix Blume
There are many ways to accompany the passage from life to death.
Created for webSYNradio, this programme invites us to listen to these moments of transition through sounds recorded in Congo, Chile, Ecuador and Haiti; to attend to funerary rituals from different countries, contexts, periods and cultures; and to encounter their songs, voices, music and soundscapes.
Track list
1 00:00 The final breath ✞ a cow — Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 04:13 Improvisation in décimas by Manuel Sánchez ✞ Jorge Montiel — Valparaiso, Chile
3 11:35 Car horns in the street during the funeral ✞ Jorge Montiel — Valparaiso, Chile
4 12:39 “La Joya del Pacífico” sung in the cemetery ✞ Jorge Montiel — Valparaiso, Chile
5 15:59 Cueca in the cemetery ✞ Jorge Montiel — Valparaiso, Chile
6 17:57 Funeral song by Alicia Mina ✞ Carmen Cruz Pachito Madrid — Borbón, Ecuador
7 22:11 “Esta casa está de duelo,” sung by Alicia Mina ✞ Yolanda Nazareno Rojas — Borbón, Ecuador
8 26:07 Funeral vigil outside the house ✞ Yolanda Nazareno Rojas — Borbón, Ecuador
9 27:31 “El terremoto,” sung by José Mora — Muisne, Ecuador
10 30:05 Preacher Sanon Hubert at the airport — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
11 32:35 Maestro Walter’s brass band, “Si Je Parlais” ✞ Mr Bellefleur Mesgard — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
12 36:05 Weeping in the cemetery ✞ Mr Bellefleur Mesgard — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
13 37:29 Maestro Walter’s brass band, “Travesè Dézè A” ✞ Mr Bellefleur Mesgard — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
14 42:58 Songs and cries in the cemetery with a radio set ✞ Marie Kethely Volcy — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
15 45:05 Hearse horn ✞ Mr Bellefleur Mesgard — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
16 46:14 Tuning — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
17 46:55 Port-au-Prince Funeral Brass Band, “Amazing Grace” — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
18 51:38 Ti Batau’s final joke ✞ Ricardo Germain — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
19 53:14 Piano and cries ✞ Stéphanie Gilles — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
20 55:07 Maestro Presmy’s brass band, saxophone solo ✞ Alama Jean Baptiste — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
21 56:04 Street vendor, “Produit Miracle” — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
22 57:09 Maestro Walter’s brass band, “Mouri Jodi” ✞ Atis Lucien Etienne — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
23 1:01:25 Political discussion in the cemetery ✞ Atis Lucien Etienne — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
24 1:02:55 Destruction of the coffin ✞ Andre Milena — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
25 1:03:45 Maestro Midouin’s brass band, “La Semence d’Ici Bas” ✞ Andre Milena — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
26 1:08:04 Bar at the cemetery entrance — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
27 1:08:58 Maestro Turenne’s brass band, “Lot Bo Rivye A” ✞ Marie Kethely Volcy — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
28 1:12:39 Funeral vigil — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
29 1:14:23 Maestro Turenne’s brass band, “Parol Gran Mèt La” ✞ Nenel Franz Cesar — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
30 1:17:36 Blacksmiths and final procession ✞ Mr Bellefleur Mesgard — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
31 1:19:09 Mass grave at Titanyen — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Tracks 6, 7, 8 and 9 are from the album Agua Larga by Chloé Despax & Félix Blume (Akuphone).
Tracks 18, 19, 27 and 28 are from the album Death in Haiti by Félix Blume (Discrepant).