Chinese music and drama

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xYWiQ_RnLWE Beijing Opera scene
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3EiiUnk1gac&mode=related&search= Yue Cantonese opera

African Music

Dogon people:
http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7840 - text overview

http://youtube.com/watch?v=N0Sy0gKvAko - Sigi Ritual dance
http://youtube.com/watch?v=26qaQEgA-1E - dance (short excerpt)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L-ERp8Nz4e4&mode=related&search= Funeral dance
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gCUD4XZvJW4 - dance in town square (from a local tv documentary)

Babongo Pygmy people:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gQ5wflDIejs (village panorama, mostly silent)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nwetczFOCIE (musical instruments demo)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UdLhIgpJCRA (another instrument demo)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ydhC8qT_sT8 (animal imitations & vocal sounds)

Xhosa (& related):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RpF8ChX4iB8 (girls' dance, Capetown; short excerpt)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=B91cE_vqx1c children singing in a classroom, short excerpt
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oIc-_g9WtkI&mode=related&search= drummers in a Capetown market, presumably Xhosa
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8tmnosIwy-I&mode=related&search= (Transkei region documentary; much of the text is in [trivial] German, but the doc is very helpful)

European Folk Music

Albania:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EXtx3eFQh8&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaT42e7GrDc&mode=related&search=
(just two of many; see the links to the right of these, all marked "Muzika Folklorike")

Bulgaria:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzRb01DgdHg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spp-JfDpwcg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxK0CuG1RXg (includes dance)

Romania:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8S8-xCyHfA Borod Village Folk Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yidnIzab3aU Professional/performing folk ensemble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYQym1VwJk&NR=1 folklore performed in a tavern
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYQym1VwJk&NR=1 blended with American performance folk-pop music

Turkish Music

Whirling Dervishes
1. "concert" performances
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIofU-0jC0
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3yq7og5Xbk&mode=related&search=
2. "authentic" performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2AI8r4q8V8&mode=related&search=
3. informative website:
- http://www.whirlingdervish.org/turn.htm

Sufi Music:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdE217ei6mY&mode=related&search=

Bali - some film and music clips

Wayang Kulit (Shadow Puppet Theatre)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIpn3Jp0y04

Legong & traditional Dance:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bldo2s9vgyk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WEsfevRfjCI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=649oBOkbiys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxwC_-AWS9I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27R4zRqinBo

Survey:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rQta8IbCVv0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L8OxJdchWpw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JVOl0N9zFro
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PXQr0rkZ0t8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvxw56iRXXQ

Gamelan:
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Indonesian/Budaya_Bangsa/Gamelan/Main_Page/main_page.htm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sxbaVNTPETs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LRS13e5R8GI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ldPMifPbngc

Kecak (Monkey Chant):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOdq3Zj36KE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be5AzphS6kE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ndyGAnXrw&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8E8BcvhBLs&mode=related&search=

Cremation Ceremony:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAARbX2fHiQ

Japan

Comrades,

Some websites with Japanese music and theatre:

Noh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUTG6N0KFj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jd9XJeb-PY&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF64QwlyeBs&mode=related&search=

Bunraku:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=boT2VuLuU5k
http://youtube.com/watch?v=awLOxSksI5s&mode=related&search=
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lJ15jVfFzlk&mode=related&search=

Kabuki:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXo003ekkpQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1UU6y9CunU

Gagaku:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IqwoobJ2VTA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bC0YJ5M_WWE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3IeYYxJfaOc

Kodo drummers:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=thQ1VAyJWHw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=N7eSzK5v3k8

Indian Music - some helpful websites

Good, introductory
http://www.wyastone.co.uk/nrl/world/raga/intro1.html
http://www.soundofindia.com/raagas.asp
http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/cintro.html

also useful:
http://www.indiamusicinfo.com/raga/page1.htm
http://www.raganet.com/RagaNet/
http://www.musicalnirvana.com/index.html
http://www.maegabyte.com/RKSanka/music/katapaya.html

Recommended Middle Eastern Music Websites

Maqam (with many sound source links):
http://www.maqamworld.com/index.html

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A3G7VW1RMks - Oud performers Munir & Omar Bashir- Maqam Rast

Turkey, selection of pieces:
http://www.focusmm.com/turkey/tr_musmn.htm

Makam (information):
http://www.musiq.com/makam/page0.html

Makam (definition):
http://www.kairarecords.com/oudpage/theory.htm

Iranian Music (online selections; don't let the URL fool you, this is all Iranian stuff!):
http://www.turkishmusic.org/index18.html

Turkish Music (HUGE selection; click blue links on left for different styles, regions, etc):
http://www.turkishmusic.org/index.html

World Music/Turkey, some commercial downloads (free samples):
http://music.calabashmusic.com/world/middle_east/turkey

Turkish Music - guide/links to websites:
http://www.turkeycentral.com/Society_and_Culture/Music/index.html

Iranian Music (huge selection of commercial and classical pieces, free online samples):
http://www.iranian.com/music.html

Iranian/Kurdish music samples:
http://www.persia.org/audio.html

Iran - classical music overview, instruments:
http://www.dejkam.com/music/iran_traditional/about/
http://www.dejkam.com/music/iran_traditional/instruments/

Iranian Music - excellent intro/overview
http://www.duke.edu/~azomorod/persian2.html

Iranian Classical Music, great samples:
http://www.iranian.com/Music/Classical/index.html

Iranian Music - another intro/overview
http://www.newtonmusichall.com/theory.html

Iranian Dastgah, fine intro:
http://www.dejkam.com/music/iran_traditional/about/dastgah.php

The Radif Ensemble in Concert:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VhJITYiYH0A part one
http://youtube.com/watch?v=D9CvjZNGFAs&mode=related&search= part two
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WQyPHfCDwwI&mode=related&search= part three [includes drum solo]
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UltmEV2zrCw&mode=related&search= part four [includes singing and dancing]

Toronto Area Pizza Deliveries:
http://www.menupalace.com/menupalace/establishments/delivery/pizzadelivery/pizzadelivery.asp