Produced in collaboration with a Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings editorial board of scholars, this thirty volume, nine book collection contains over 500 performances and 1200 pages of text from 100 countries. The books contain full glossaries, detailed descriptions, and individual essays on the social, cultural, and historical background of the music, dance, instruments, costumes and rituals. They also include maps, charts, photos, and a complete cross-reference index.

SEE THE EIGHT (8) REGIONAL SETS AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES DESCRIBED BELOW

East Asia

I - Korea 1
II - Korea 2
III - China 1
IV - China 2
V - China 3

Southeast Asia

I - Vietnam & Cambodia
II - Thailand & Myanmar (Burma)
III - Malaysia & Phillipines
IV - Indonesia (Bali)
V - Indonesia (Bali & Java)

South Asia

I - India 1
II - India 2
III - India 3
IV - Pakistan & Bangladesh
V - Sri Lanka, Nepal & Bhutan

Middle East/Africa

I - Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon & Qatar
II - Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali, Cameroon, Zaire & Tanzania
III - Chad & Cameroon
IV - Ivory Coast, Botswana & S. Africa

Europe

I - France, Switzerland, W. Germany, Spain, Italy & Greece
II - Czechoslovakia, Hungary & Poland
III - Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria & Albania

The Soviet Union

I - Russia
II - Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belorussia, Ukraine & Moldavia
III - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Dagestan & Russian Gypsies
IV - Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Kirgiz, Kalmyk, Bashkir & Siberia

The Americas

I - North American Indian & Inuit (Eskimo)
II - Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Bolivia & Argentina

Oceania

I - Micronesia, Saipan, Melanesia (Papua New Guinea & New Caledonia)
II - Polynesia (Tahiti, Marquesas, W. Samoa, etc.) & New Zealand


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