There are a very limited number of locally produced cassettes available, each released as a “volume” or an artists work. Haeng, Haling, Ester and Ataratu are the most well known throughout Waingapu and the surrounding provinces of East Sumba. In many of the recordings, children and animals can be heard in the background during the performance, and often times, the tape will run out in the middle of a song, so the performermer will continue the song from where he left off on the previous side. These are recorded on home ghetto-blasters, and sold/traded in local street markets in Waingapu, Sumba.
