Children Camp 1999

Description: Recording of the proceedings of training camp for young boys of the Manganiar and Langa musician communities of Western Rajasthan. The recordings consist of various sessions of songs sung as part of the training by the children, as well as by the senior musician teachers. The sessions are conducted by Komal Kothari. This tape contains recording of classes conducted by senior musicians for the young participants from the communities at the camp.
Contents note: 1. A Khartal session at the camp, with several Khartal players learning the basic rhythm followed by improvisations, to the song 'Mehendi rang lagyo', played on two Kamaichas by Sakar Khan Manganiar and another musician with Dholak accompaniment by Darra Khan Manganiar. 2. 'Jaloji mhasa', a wedding song sung by Gazi Khan Manganiar Harwa with two Kamaicha, Dholak and several Khartal accompanists. Gazi sings to guide his class on the melody and rhythm of the song. 3. 'Bevarlo mharo jalsu bhariyo', a song sung by a group of children participating at the camp with two Kamaichas, Dholak and several Khartal accompanists. 4. A teaching session led by Alladin Khan Langa wherein, he sings the song 'Dal badli' line by line and is followed by a group of children participating at the camp. Alladin teaches along with Sarangi and Dholak accompaniment by Darra Khan Manganiar.

Genre: sound recordings
Subject Geographic: India
Borunda, Tehsil Bilara, District Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India)
Longitude: 26.4687
Latitude: 73.8037
Resource type: sound recording
Subjects: Culturally relevant pedagogy
Pedagogy (Music)
Wedding music
Folk songs, Rajasthani--India--Rajasthan
Music and Children
Oral tradition
Transmission arts
Percussion

Rights statement: unknown
Rights Holder: Rupayan Sansthan, rupayansansthan@gmail.com
Funding Note: Digitization for the Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan collection was sponsored by the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.