Lingo Seini Et Son Groupe - Musique Hauka (Vinyl)

Vinyl LP pressing. One of the first full-length recordings of Hauka ritual music. Praise songs and sacred incantations to the spirits to inhabit the body. Call and response chants, the pluck of a monochord lute and relentless pounding percussion combine in a dizzying nonstop session. The Hauka movement started nearly a century ago and has persisted on the fringes of Nigerien society. Documented in the 1955 Jean Rouch film Les maîtres fous, the Hauka are a pantheon on spirits mirrored on colonial and military figures. Central to the religion is the "Holley Hori" possession ceremony, a ritual driven by militaristic percussive music, wherein spirits come into the body in powerful and violent manifestations.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Gomno Ankreyze
2. Captain Salma
3. Sadji Blau
4. Gomno
5. Medina
6. Sergent Kadri
7. Arne
8. Fadimata
9. Kaffrand Gardi
10. Adiza
11. Captain Marseille