The Practice--Indigenous Music Exchange and Exploration
the ruins of Machu Pichu In a world saturated with western pop music or westernized pop music in the East, we have forgotten how to connect to the natural world via music. We have also lost our listening and appreciation skills for sound vibrations in the same way that people who consume junk food lose their ability to taste real food. Couple that scenario with the fact that we are losing languages and musical traditions in the same way that animals are becoming extinct on the planet. Our collective heritages and lineages are encoded in these musical traditions, not to mention our personal identities. When this happens we stumble over our own roots, that is if we have enough roots to keep us grounded and centered in the natural world or our natural place on the planet. With this in mind, I have visited YouTube (yes, the irony of using technology to connect us back to nature) to bring you these indigenous music treasures. Once you explore these videos, you...