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Worksong Atlas: By Activity

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A living atlas of singing-while-working traditions around the world, grouped by the movement or coordinated labor the song accompanies. Click a tradition name for videos. Click a place to jump to it on the map. Click any pill to filter.

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Jump to: Hauling and heaving · Rowing and paddling · Pounding and hammering · Solo pacing · Signaling · Animal-directed · Communal work party · Devotional and ritual
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Hauling and heaving
(Anglo-American deep water)·
(Isle of Harris, Hebrides)·
(Gothenburg, Sweden)·
(Brittany, France)·
(Favignana, Sicily)·
(Volga, Russia)·
(Nungua Beach, Ghana)·
(Bengal rivers)·
(Bihar, India)·
(Three Gorges, China)·
(Hokkaido, Japan)·
(Kuma River, Japan)·
(Gimnyeong, Jeju)·
(Geomundo, Korea)·
(Korea)·
(Reedville, Virginia)·
(St. Simons Island, Georgia)·
(Ahousaht, Northwest Coast)·
(Andros, Bahamas)·
(Bequia, Lesser Antilles)·
(United States)·
(Cornwall)·
(Berbera, Somaliland)·
(Dodoma, Tanzania)·
(Bushehr, Iran)·
(Samegrelo and Kartli, Georgia)·
(Shanghai, China)·
(Tokyo, Japan)·
(Majuro, Marshall Islands)·
(Iona, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)·
(Windward, Carriacou, Grenada)·
(Paducah, Kentucky)·
Rowing and paddling
(Gaelic Scotland)·
(Kihei, Hawai'i)·
(Rotorua, Aotearoa)·
(Ottawa River, Canada)·
(Ggaba, Lake Victoria, Uganda)·
(Aranmula, Kerala)·
(Sri Lanka)·
(Shanghai, China)·
(Vinh, Vietnam)·
(Suphanburi, Thailand)·
(Uyugan, Batanes, Philippines)·
(Majuro, Marshall Islands)·
(Chios, Greece)·
Pounding and hammering
(Kozaki, Chiba, Japan)·
(Huế, Vietnam)·
(Yogyakarta, Java)·
(Vicksburg, Mississippi)·
(Ellis Unit, Texas)·
(Kano, Nigeria)·
(Sri Lanka)·
(Shanghai, China)·
(Tokyo, Japan)·
(Pellestrina, Venice, Italy)·
(Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico)·
Solo pacing
(Gaelic Scotland)·
(Gaelic Scotland)·
(Southern Appalachia)·
(Latvia)·
(Estonia)·
(Bujalance, Andalusia)·
(Nile valley, Egypt)·
(Lesotho)·
(Brahmaputra, Bengal)·
(Maharashtra, India)·
(Tamil Nadu, India)·
(Sri Lanka)·
(Hakone, Japan)·
(Greenville, Mississippi)·
(Navajo Nation)·
(Berbera, Somaliland)·
(Kano, Nigeria)·
(Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan)·
(Samegrelo and Kartli, Georgia)·
(Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India)·
(Sri Lanka)·
(Waipahu, Hawai'i)·
(Sa Pobla, Mallorca)·
(Chios, Greece)·
(Casanare, Colombia)·
(Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico)·
Signaling
(Dalarna, Sweden)·
(Entlebuch, Switzerland)·
(Muotathal, Switzerland)·
(Johannesburg, South Africa)·
(Congo Basin)·
(Xingguo, Jiangxi, China)·
(Greenville, Mississippi)·
(Greenville, Mississippi)·
(Lobaye, Central African Republic)·
(Naryn, Kyrgyzstan)·
(Majuro, Marshall Islands)·
(Alvdal, Østerdalen, Norway)·
Animal-directed
(South Uist)·
(Entlebuch, Switzerland)·
(Muotathal, Switzerland)·
(Kakheti, Georgia)·
(Ararat plain, Armenia)·
(Azerbaijan)·
(Najd, Arabia)·
(Mongolia)·
(Ethiopian highlands)·
(Texas plains)·
(Sertão, northeastern Brazil)·
(Berbera, Somaliland)·
(Bor, South Sudan)·
(Naryn, Kyrgyzstan)·
(Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan)·
(Gobi provinces, Mongolia)·
(Samegrelo and Kartli, Georgia)·
(Sri Lanka)·
(Alvdal, Østerdalen, Norway)·
(Sa Pobla, Mallorca)·
(Berry, France)·
(St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales)·
(Casanare, Colombia)·
Communal work party
(Aukštaitija, Lithuania)·
(Central Germany)·
(Vercelli, Po Valley)·
(Genoa, Italy)·
(Central Ukraine)·
(Thrace, Bulgaria)·
(Qumuri, Imereti, Georgia)·
(Muharraq, Bahrain)·
(Palestine and the Levant)·
(High Atlas, North Africa)·
(KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)·
(Zimbabwe)·
(Sukumaland, Tanzania)·
(Kpelle country, Liberia)·
(Tezpur, Assam)·
(Nepal)·
(Lhasa, Tibet)·
(Kitahiroshima, Japan)·
(Pohang, Korea)·
(Ifugao, Philippines)·
(New South Wales, Australia)·
(Virginia)·
(Jamaica)·
(Artibonite, Haiti)·
(Brazil)·
(Cusco, Andes)·
(Chiloé, Chile)·
(Ségou, Mali)·
(Lobaye, Central African Republic)·
(Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan)·
(Rasht, Gilan, Iran)·
(Samegrelo and Kartli, Georgia)·
(Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India)·
(Pithoragarh, Kumaon, Uttarakhand)·
(Sri Lanka)·
(Taitung, Taiwan)·
(Taketomi, Okinawa)·
(Jindo, South Jeolla, Korea)·
(Vinh, Vietnam)·
(Suphanburi, Thailand)·
(Uyugan, Batanes, Philippines)·
(Waipahu, Hawai'i)·
(Iona, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)·
(Sa Pobla, Mallorca)·
(Chios, Greece)·
(Colta, Chimborazo, Ecuador)·
Devotional and ritual
(Siglufjörður, Iceland)·
(Alentejo, Portugal)·
(Alfred, Maine)·
(Gobi provinces, Mongolia)·
(Taitung, Taiwan)·