Label: Ocora - C583016

オリジナルは1983年に同OcoraがLP出版した名作[ボン教の儀式の伝統]。93年に一度CD化された音源ですが、こちらは新編集&新たなジャケットデザインにて作り直した2019年の新装CD。悪魔払い、占い、神々の鎮静、精神的な悟りのための精緻な教えに関わる膨大な儀式の実践を体現した宗教であり、本作には金属及び太鼓のパーカッションを伴うボン教独特の図太い呪術チャントを収録。儀式の伝統の音楽的側面を知る事が出来る大変貴重な一枚。14ページブックレット付き。



TIBET – Ritual Traditions of the Bonpos
Bon is considered to be the ensemble of pre-Buddhist beliefs of the Tibetans; it embodies a vast mass of ritual practices bearing on exorcism, divination and the appeasement of wrathful divinities, and elaborate teachings for spiritual realisation –which place Bon among the great mystico-philosophical systems of the world despite its relatively small number of followers.

These recordings illustrate various facets of the religious activities of the Bonpos through their chant and their psalmodic recitation. They intend to bring to a wider audience the musical aspects of a ritual tradition that is largely unknown to the Western World and has remained obscure to the Tibetan themselves.