Photo: Ethiopiques, Vol. 12: Konso Music and Songs

Artist: Ethiopiques
Album: Ethiopiques, Vol. 12: Konso Music and Songs
Genre: African Pop
Released: 2003

Icon: Buy Buy

Track List

Title Listen Buy
1. Xorma
2. Kampalutu
3. Kirba Yogaa
4. Untitled Track
5. Untitled Track
6. Tansa
7. Untitled Track
8. Untitled Track
9. Xorma
10. Xorma
11. Tansa
12. [Untitled Track]
13. Songo Gawadi
14. Untitled Track
15. Untitled Track
16. Daletya
17. Wattatra
18. Parga
19. Untitled Track
20. Timma Qollo
21. Hoppa
22. Tansa
23. Oyayo

Album Reviews

Review: 

This volume of Ethiopiques presents the Konso Music. Music plas an essential role in Konso society because it provides the very elements of identity and unity which underlie the society. The songs take their names for each of the activities that make up the peasant's works. A more sacred categories of song is performed during rituals which accompagny ceremonies ranging from those linked to the cycle of life-birth, initiations, mariage, death- to the social activities- the most important of these being the celebration of Xellta which marks the passing of power from one generation to to the next. Released in 2001. Volume 12.

— CalabashMusic.com


Nat Geo Music Site Map

MUSIC A-Z

ADVERTISEMENT

National Geographic Videos

Photo: Bigger, Faster, Better!
Bigger, Faster, Better!

Thrilling National Geographic footage comes to you like never before in hundreds of searchable videos.

Nat Geo Music on TV

Photo: See And Hear Your World
See And Hear Your World

Nat Geo Music connects viewers to new music from around the globe.

Nat Geo Music Glossary

Photo: What's That Called?
What's That Called?

Explore genres, instruments and more with the Nat Geo Music glossary.

Free Music Podcast

Photo: Download The World
Download The World

Get weekly audio downloads and meet the international artists behind the music.

Music Newsletter

Photo: The Latest Music News
The Latest Music News

Get monthly music updates in your inbox.