"Director: Patrick Kersalé"

• Various Artists - Vietnam Hmong - the Art of Attraction | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £22.93   |  Saving you £-7.94 (-53.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The mountain tribes of Northern Vietnam are losing their veil of secrecy and mystery and becoming an item on the tourist trail as well as being sucked remorselessly into the mainstream of modern Vietnamese life. So this film which focuses on the music culture and fashion of the Hmong people is a valuable insight into a disappearing world. Flutes Lutes Jew harps bamboo mouth organs and leaves are all featured.

• Various Artists - Drums and Djembes of Burkina Faso | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £22.93   |  Saving you £-7.94 (-53.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Deep in the bush of Burkina Faso the drum is a sacred instrument surrounded by taboos and mystery. It takes on endless shapes and performs many functions: it takes the place of the human voice in recounting the history of individuals or even whole peoples it carries the news it confers praise and speaks to the world beyond... when it isn't simply rhythming a dance.But the world is changing. Today a younger generation looking for adventure and recognition is bringing the drum out of its 'secret universe'... turning it away from its ancient functions... and sometimes re-shaping it to be displayed in the neo-African 'shop window'.