The JVC video anthology of world music and dance. Volume 2, South Asia. IV [videorecording] / producer, Ichikawa Katsumori ; director, Nakagawa Kunihiko.

Presents examples of music and dance from Pakistan and Bangladesh, documented by text.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Nihon Bikutā Kabushiki Kaisha, Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutsukan, Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, Multicultural Media (Firm : Barre, Vt.)
Other Authors:	Ichikawa, Katsumori, Nakagawa, Kunihiko
Other title:	Title on disc label: South Asia IV. Title on disc label: Pakistan/Bangladesh. South Asia 4. Video anthology of world music and dance.
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Hindi Bengali
Published:	Tokyo : [Berlin, Vt.] : JVC, Victor Co. of Japan [production co.] ; Distributed by Multicultural Media, [2005]
Subjects:	Folk music > Pakistan. Folk music > Bangladesh. Folk dancing > Pakistan. Folk dancing > Bangladesh. Folk dance music > Pakistan. Folk dance music > Bangladesh. Documentary films. Filmed performances. Motion pictures, Pakistani. Motion pictures, Indic.

Table of Contents:

Pakistan. Qawwali (Sufi group singing), Hamd (song in praise of Allah) (14:56)
Manqabat (song in honor of Sufi saints (16:20)
Trance ritual of bitan (shaman of Hunza) and instrumental prelude (3:42)
Lolo han (lyric song played on solo tutek (flute)) (1:46)
Bericho surnai (ensemble with surnai (shawm)) (0:55)
Tarwar (sword dance) (2:13)
Trance ritual of bitan (accompaniment for incantation calling forth mountain spirits) (4:00)
Bangladesh. Women's dance: "Sonari ansh" ("Golden fiber") (2:13)
Mountain folk dance (1:56)
Dance-drama: "Our life" (3:41)

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