Week 5 - Oct 4: Mountain music of Tajikistan (and Northern Afghanistan)(continued): ritual and poetry among the Ismailis of Badakhshan

Reading assignment (provisional):

Read: Berg: 22-44 and any parts that interest you.

Plus, one of the following sets: Berg & Belle (1997) and Koen (2003b). Or Koen (2005) and O'Connell (2004).

Listening suggestions:

From Central Asia - discography: CDs 1, 2, 8, 12, 14, 17, 24.

As always, you are free to come to my office and check out my field recordings.