sounds of Thailand events

thai boxing	the commentator is always accompanied by a shawm	493K
street parade	an out of tune school band gives way to the more usual sounds of gongs, drums and cymbals	2.9MB
village football match	players outnumber spectators in this mountain village against a background of thunder	363K
procession	drums, gong and cymbals accompany a procession to the temple	1.6MB
temple procession	another procession with drums, cymbals and shawm	1.2MB
Lisu New Year's dance 1	dancers shuffle round in a circle to the music of a reed pipe	1.8MB
Lisu New Year's dance 2	a banjo provides the accompaniment	1.3MB
Lisu New Year firecrackers	the explosions echo around the hills	1.5MB
Lisu New Year celebrations	raucous jollity punctuated by loud firecrackers	1.2MB
Lisu New Year song	a group of young woman enjoying themselves- you can hear their jewelry tinkling as they move round in the dance	1.5MB
a cock fight	oblivious to the suffering of the animals, onlookers shout out their bets, cheer on their favourite and hurl insults at the opposing camp	1.8MB
opening ceremony	a chaotic Lion dance celebrates the opening of a new office block	561k
house blessing ceremony	recorded in a Chinese Haw village on the Burmese border- the musicians go from house to house through the village WARNING: there are some very loud firecrackers	1.1MB
Hmong New Year	someone plays a reed pipe as children get ready for the parade; two women playing leaves walk past and a couple of old men talk while rockets soar into the air	1.4MB
extract from Lahu soul-calling ceremony	the first extract is a shaman chant; the second a prayer	1.1MB
ceremonies in honour of the spirits	extracts from real ceremonies with shamans and chorus of villagers	3.3MB
a wedding ceremony	a monk chants the wedding prayer	1.2MB