Musical examples for the book The Black Cow's Footprint: Time, Space and Music in the lives of the Kotas of South India, by Richard K. Wolf. Permanent Black 2005, University of Illinois Press 2006.

35 Transitions

39 Little Father God Tune

Composition of Daulatsho, poet-singer of Yur village in the upper Wakhan, Afghanistan.
Vocal and ghijak: Daulatsho
rubob: Zarkub
dorya: Mamad Zia
Recorded by Richard Wolf, July 22, 2016

wəzi tu zhə jonət tuye

Ku Racu from Valaiapatti village in Tamilnadu, India, sings of the Pandavas' banishment in the Hindu epic, Mahabharata.  This kind of song is used as an introduction to Tamil dramas and sung stories.  Recorded by Richard Wolf March 20, 1983 in Madurai, Tamilnadu

Song of Pandava Banishment

Sung by Ismoil Nazriev at Qand Restaurant 8-8-14 Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Kalabandi

Women's song sung on the "song day" of the Kota "God ceremony" January 2001, recorded by Richard Wolf in Kolmēl village.

Konjenetre

Story of Golla Devata, part 1, recorded at a jagaran in Salla village, near Almora, Sept 3, 1998

Golla Devata Jagaran Part 1

Uyghur iterate musician named Tillahan singing "Rawapni çalay özäm"

Tillahan Rawapni

Wakhi funeral lament, alternating lines in Tajik and Wakhi languages.  Recorded by Richard Wolf in Vnukut village, Wakhan, Tajikistan, July 29, 2015.

Navhagari

Qodirshoh And Rahmatbek In Zumudk Oct 2012

Golla Devata Jagaran Part 1

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