Intention
Before you start
It is not a playlist of natural sounds. Each track comes from a specific indigenous or local history; the relationship to the territory cannot be copied as a technique of wellbeing.
Preparation
Settle into attentive listening
- Name the people and territory of each artist.
- Avoid any voice imitation.
- Read the cultural protocols in the entries.
Proposed sequence
4 steps, in this order
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Joik sámi
Open on Spotify ↗Sámiid Eatnan Duoddariid
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
A Sámi landscape made present by the voice.Understanding tradition →Public Indigenous Songs of the Americas
Open on Spotify ↗Canyon Trilogy
R. Carlos Nakai
A modern and public creation, not a generic ceremony.Understanding tradition →Karakia and waiata māori
Open on Spotify ↗Whitiora
Maisey Rika
A contemporary voice in reo Māori.Understanding tradition →Siberian shamanic songs
Open on Spotify ↗The Orphan’s Lament
Huun-Huur-Tu
A touva creation where memory and steppe remain audible.Understanding tradition →Return to silence
To conclude
Take a few minutes out and pay attention to the territory where it actually is.