Tarahumara Indians Easter Celebration

Subject: An Easter Like You've Never Heard
From: Ferrara
Date: 23 Mar 05 - 02:22 PM

Flawn Williams, who works with NPR, sent me the following information about a radio program that will be broadcast this Friday morning, March 25. It sounds pretty neat to me, and it fits here because Flawn mentioned bodhrans :-). Flawn says I can share it here:

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Next Friday, March 25, NPR's Morning Edition will feature another one of our4 "Radio Expeditions" reports which are coproduced with National Geographic.

In this latest one, John Burnett takes a look/listen at the Easter Week celebrations of the Tarahumara indigenous communities in the Sierra Madre uplands of Chihuahua Mexico.


I did the field recording (last Easter!) and sound design for this story. I think you'll enjoy it if you like:

    --a VERY different evolution of the Easter story
    --interesting cultural traditions linked to the seasons
    --stories about drinking and/or home brewing
    --bodhran conventions
    --old time fiddling of Easter tunes from the WAY southern mountains

I also manage to make an uncredited appearance in the piece....listen carefully!

The story will air at 5:40, 7:40, and 9:40am Eastern. Consult your local station listings for when it carries Morning Edition. In DC, WAMU carries all three feeds, but WETA only the 7:40am.

The audio report, plus some pix and video, should also be available for streaming starting later that day on npr.org:

http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1023

Happy listening!
--Flawn

Subject: RE: An Easter Like You've Never Heard
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Mar 05 - 02:39 PM

Thanks, Rita, this sounds wonderful!

Subject: RE: Tarahumara Indians Easter Celebration
From: Ferrara
Date: 24 Mar 05 - 12:26 AM

Refresh (with more informative thread name)

Subject: RE: Tarahumara Indians Easter Celebration
From: PoohBear
Date: 24 Mar 05 - 03:14 PM

Recommed you have a listen. We had a group of Tarahumara Indians perform at our local youth center last year - music, dance. . . it was wonderful. And totally different from anything found in this area.
PB

Subject: RE: Tarahumara Indians Easter Celebration
From: Cornflake
Date: 24 Mar 05 - 08:29 PM

The Tarahumara are totally different. I backpacked down the Barranca de Cobre in 1976, which is their territory. Then, at least, it was very wild and even a little scary.

Subject: RE: Tarahumara Indians Easter Celebration
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Mar 05 - 04:31 PM

I missed this, this morning, but it is available at npr.org under the Morning Edition links. Thanks, again, Rita!

Subject: RE: Tarahumara Indians Easter Celebration
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Mar 05 - 04:39 PM

I listened to it. Interesting story.

Subject: RE: Tarahumara Indians Easter Celebration
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 13 Apr 20 - 09:03 PM

A timely holiday topic --
and if I can, I will contribute a newer and improved link
to the NPR feature story.

The Sacred Corn Beer of the Tarahumara