Bajra Seminar 1989 - 4

Title: Bajra Seminar 1989 - 4
Alternative title: Seminar organized in 1989 for the study of culture, region and economy around the agriculture of bajra (pearl millet) in Rajasthan. Tape 4
Creator: Kothari, Komal
Language: Marwari
Collection: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Program: Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description: Proceedings of a seminar on the topic of cultural, economic and social significance of pearl millets in India, held at Rupayan Sansthan, Borunda, with the support of Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi. This tape contains a lecture presentation by Komal Kothari and group discussions led by Komal Kothari.
Contents note: Sound on the left channel is low on source recording. Has been corrected.
1. A discussion among the participants at the seminar and Komal Kothari on traditional vocabulary around sweat and the act of sweating. 2. A discussion among the participants at the seminar and Komal Kothari on the relationship between astrology, seasons and agriculture. 3. A lecture presentation by Komal Kothari on the historical and social distribution of water and man made water bodies in Rajasthan.

Genre: sound recordings
Subject Geographic: India
Borunda, Tehsil Bilara, District Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India)
Longitude: 26.4687
Latitude: 73.8037
Resource type: sound recording
Subjects: Lectures and Lecturing
Land use-Rural
Rajasthan (India)--Social life and customs
Vocabulary
Workshops (Seminars)
Oral Tradition
Agriculture
Folklore
Water-supply, Rural

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.