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Hmong music. Hmong music is an important part of the culture of the Hmong people, an ethnic group from southeast Asia. Because the Hmong language is tonal, there is a close connection between Hmong music and the spoken language. Music is an important part of Hmong life, played for entertainment, for welcoming guests, and at weddings and funerals.
The Hmong Songs of Memory book and ethnographic film offer the reader, viewer, and listener an absorbing multi-sensory experience to explore the age-old music, ceremonies, and beliefs of the Hmong. Vivid accounts of Hmong shamans, healers, ritual specialists, headmen, musicians, and villagers are brought to life by over 350 color photographs ...
The Hmong Songs of Memory book and ethnographic film offer the reader, viewer, and listener an absorbing multi-sensory experience to explore the age-old music, ceremonies, and beliefs of the Hmong.
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Summary: Hmong Songs of Memory: Traditional Secular and Sacred Hmong Music, a book of essays and photographs accompanied by an ethnographic film, explores the Hmong vocal and instrumental...
Encountering either of Victoria Vorreiter's books, Hmong Songs of Memory: Traditional Secular and Sacred Hmong Music or Songs of Memory: Traditional Music of the Golden Triangle (Resonance Press, 2009), in a Bangkok bookstore, one cannot help but become engrossed in her artistic design as well as her books' amazing array of eye-catching color photos, all printed and bound by a high-end company ...
- Terry Miller
- 2020
Victoria Vorreiter will highlight the traditional music, ceremonies, and culture of the Hmong of Laos and Thailand through Hmong Songs of Memory, a dynamic presentation enhanced by photographs and recordings, which complements her in-depth book and film of the same name.
Hmong Songs of Memory offers a variety of uses: an enlightening intro-duction to Hmong music and ritual, a textbook on the Hmong world and Hmong organology, and an enticing documentary photo essay on Hmong life. V orreiter’s attention to detail in the extensive translations of poetry and ritual is unprecedented.