- artist:Various Artists
- featured artist:Husen Jambe, Siti Asmah, Hapu Payuara, musicians and singers of Kampung Gallu-Matolan, Desa Fhiluka, etc.
- region:South East Asia
- release year:1998
- style(s):Traditional, World
- country:Indonesia
- formats:Audio File / Digital, CD (Compact Disc), MC (Music Cassette)
- record posted by:Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- label:Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- publisher:Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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This CD, in conjunction with volumes 8 and 9, offers the first recorded survey of one of the least known and most musically surprising regions of Indonesia, the southeastern islands. Each of the three featured islands presents a unique sound, from voice and violin to funerary gong ensembles, to string bands of homemade guitars and violins. Many of the 15 tracks reveal foreign influences, both from colonization and American exposure.