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Cleansing song.wav

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inalchemy

February 22nd, 2015

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Music > Multiple instruments

I was at a Human Trafficking conference and to thank the people the First Nations people of the area sang this song for a long time brushing the participants with cedar boughs and smudging. I caught about half of the singing and drumming. It was done in a large lunch room with about 100 people attending in the late afternoon. I recorded the sound with my Lumix fz200. Location was in Surrey British Columbia.

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drumming
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men
nations
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rattles
singing
song
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Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

15:40.573

File size

158.2 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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listenerXYZ

9 months ago

I find this beautiful and appreciate hearing it. Q: Can you recall (almost 10 years ago to the day!) whether the Indigenous performers consented to their song being recorded and shared? I'd like to include this in a film with credit, but I want to ensure permission was granted by the performers. Thank you!

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beautifulday...

2 years, 3 months ago

The power in this is tremendous thank you

towerfilms

7 years, 5 months ago

Wonderful thank you!

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Jennfilm

9 years ago

Thank you this is a great piece of traditional Native American music.

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Silvia_Miranda

9 years ago

I appreciate it too much. May I use a little piece of it as a part of a song creation? Thanks and Love.

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