Field Recordings: Bario, Sarawak, Malaysia. 2008.

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• Frogs, Cicadas, Motorbikes
• Longhouse Welcoming Song
• Explanation of the Hornbill and Warrior Dances.
• Hornbill Song and Dance, Part 1
• Hornbill Song, Part 2
• Hornbill Song, Part 3
• Praising the Hero
• "White Like Eggs"
• Longhouse Welcoming Song, Reprise (Departure)
• Sape, performed by David Labang
• The Village Gongs of Pa' Lungan
• David's Son, Warrior Dance
• Lai, Our Penan Friend, Plays the Bamboo Flute He's Made
• Lai's flute, Part 2
• Lai's flute, Part 3
• The faint calls of Gibbons in the Morning
• Gibbons, Part 2.

An explanation: In Spring 2008, I had the extreme pleasure of traveling with UGA anthropologist Pete Brosius to Borneo and up into the Kelabit highlands, visiting both the Kelabit and Penan peoples. The Kelabit are former headhunters and one of the Orang Ulu ("headwater people"), and the Penan are a nomadic tribe which have been the focus of Dr. Brosius's work for decades. We spent a week there, at first staying with David and Lucy Labang in the "central" village of the region, Bario (renown for its rice and only accessible by small plane). Then, we went to Pa' Lungan over a 3-hour water buffalo trail, and from there into the forest with a Penan named Lai and his family. A truly, miraculously beautiful place.