Noke Koî

About

Noke Koî is an Indigenous people whose ancestral music is built around songs and prayers to the spirits of the forest. The tradition is carried across generations by one family. Kochti, a spiritual leader and elder, opens the proceedings with those traditional songs and prayers, putting spirituality and the bond with the forest front and centre. His grandsons, Kochti Junior and Mene, then take over for a concert played on traditional instruments and sung in the old style. Percussionist and vocalist Mauricio Lobão has joined them as a guest, mixing ancestral songs with a more contemporary musical voice. The whole thing is about keeping Indigenous knowledge alive and passing it on, with grandfather and grandsons sharing one stage.