On Wed, 2 May 2001 22:14:29 -0400, Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:
>I picked up a couple tapes in a series called Global Celebrations,
>because I thought it'd be neat to get samples of music from around the
>world and they were going for $3 (U.S.) each...but I can't *identify* the
>languages or world-regions/nations/cultures from whence the songs came.
>Help, anyone? Even general indications of location would be neat.
Wild guesses follow!
>Celiesti, braliti (the a and i have macrons? over them in the 2nd word),
>Skandinieki, Folkloras Draugu Kopa
Looks like some Baltic language (Latvian/Lithuanian)
>Yeye, Mongo Santamaria, written by Francisco Aquabella, from Yambu
I would guess Spanish + Yoruba -- probably Santería related
>Awungilobolele, Udokotela Shange Namajaha, from the Indestructible Beat
>of Soweto
Soweto is in South Africa, isn't it?
>Omwana Wa Mberi Nesiekhoira, Abana Ba Nasery, from !Nursery Boys Go Ahead!
Probably West Africa
>Seelinnikoi, Värttinä (more a-umlauts), from Seleniko
Finnish IIRC (been mentioned on this list)
>Seif El Battar, Nass El Ghiwane
looks Arabic to me
>YHL, enjoying everything except the
>horribly-dissonant-to-Western-trained-Yoon-ears Hähkämine
Jeff