CCRT Camp 4

Title: CCRT Camp 4
Alternative title: Children's training camp held at Borunda, Rajasthan with the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training. Tape 4
Creator: Kothari, Komal
Artist: Khan, Lakha
Khan, Moosa
Khan, Gafoor
Khan, Kadar
Date Created: March 6, 1987
Date: 1987-03-06
Language: Marwari
Collection: Modern Endangered Archives Program
Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan

Description: Recording of the proceedings of a music training camp for young boys of the Manganiar and Langa musician communities of Western Rajasthan. They are being trained by the masters of their own musical tradition. 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 was held at the Rupayan Sansthan, Borunda, Rajasthan, with the support of the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT). This tape contains recording sessions of Sarangi performance and discussions conducted by Kothari with the senior musicians of these communities.
Contents note: 1. An improvisation session on two Sindhi Sarangis played by Lakha Khan Manganiar and Kadar Khan Langa. 2. A song sung by Moosa Khan Langa with Sindhi Sarangi accompaniment by Lakha Khan Manganiar and Kadar Khan Langa. 3. An improvisation session on two Sindhi Sarangis played by Lakha Khan Manganiar and Kadar Khan Langa. 4. A discussion among Komal Kothari and Sindhi Sarangi players on Sorath as a Rajasthani Rag and a genre of poetry. 5. 'Balochan' in Rajasthani Rag Sorath played on the Sindhi Sarangi by Lakha Khan Manganiar and Kadar Khan Langa.

Genre: sound recordings
Subject Geographic: India
Borunda, Tehsil Bilara, District Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India)
Longitude: 26.4687
Latitude: 73.8037
Resource type: sound recording
Subjects: Pedagogy (Music)
Stringed instrument players
Folk Songs, Rajasthani--India--Rajasthan
Oral Tradition
Culturally relevant Pedagogy
Stringed instruments
Transmission arts
Children and Music
Bowed stringed instruments--Bowing