Dhol-Lezim dance troupe dancers and musicians, Lonāvale (India), 1963

Title: Dhol-Lezim dance troupe dancers and musicians, Lonāvale (India), 1963
Creator: Jairazbhoy, Nazir Ali, 1927-2009
Date Created: December 13, 1963
Date: 1963-12-13
Collection: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description: Dhol-Lezim (Lejim) mandal dance troupe (Ram Mandir Gawli: Ram Temple Milkmen) perform a baithak (seated) dance. Percussionists stand and a play tāsa shallow bowl drum (left) and a large ḍhol (center) while the dancers lie on their backs in two lines and play jhāñjh bronze cymbals, and lezim sticks with jingling cymbals loosely attached. The man closest to the drummers in the left line leads dancers by blowing a whistle and clapping.

Genre: black-and-white negatives
black-and-white photographs
Names: Shri Ram Mandir Gowli (ensemble)
Location: Lonāvale (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Folk dancing--India--Lonāvale
Dancers--India--Lonāvale
Lezim
Musicians--India--Lonāvale
Tāsa
Ḍhol
Jhāñjh
Idiophones
Membranophones

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