Qué ver en Guinea Ecuatorial: 10 sitios imprescindibles

In this field recording, made in 1963 in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea by Robert McLennan, the musician Mahisu, a member of the Wam tribe, uses a sagobeetle fixed to a sharpened palm leaf fiber. The sound is produced by the wings of the insect. By holding it close to the oral cavity, the musician actively shapes the buzzing into harmonics through movements of the lips and mouth, generating timbral and harmonic variations, according to a principle similar to that of lamella instruments, su