"Music and the Cycles of Life" has as its primary aim to help record and preserve the ancient musical heritage of indigenous peoples, who have depended for millennia on oral tradition to transmit knowledge, history, and beliefs. en-us copyright 2007 Victoria Vorreiter all rights reserved vvorreiter@yahoo.com World Music Sun, 29 july 2007 0:00:01 GMT http://www.musicandthecyclesoflife.com Enjoy this audio file of a song from the Lenten people of Laos. This song focuses on the importance of learning, particularly reading and writing. The Lenten are one of the few tribes in this area with a tradition of literacy. Part of "The Music of the Golden Triangle and the Cycles of Life" project vvorreiter@yahoo.com http://www.musicandthecyclesoflife.com/music/lenten.mp3 This audio file is of the Pa O song of loss and isolation. Part of "The Music of the Golden Triangle and the Cycles of Life" project vvorreiter@yahoo.com http://www.musicandthecyclesoflife.com/music/track2.mp3 Enjoy this audio file from the Hmong. Played on the Jaws Harp it is the music of courtship. Part of "The Music of the Golden Triangle and the Cycles of Life" project vvorreiter@yahoo.com http://www.musicandthecyclesoflife.com/music/track4.mp3