Gopibai Sivlal, a Kanjar Bhāṭ woman, dances in the Rajasthani ghumar style with head covered and right hand holding her pallo over her face, while children, women, and men watch. At Gangadhar Nagar.
Gopibai Sivlal, a Kanjar Bhāṭ woman, dances in the Rajasthani ghumar style while women sing and clap. She dances to the same songs as were recorded by musicologist A. A. Bake in 1938, (Tefi# 63.12) “Bhat dance with women’s song” and “Kamlivalo” (“Blanket Man”), about Prophet Mohammed. At Gangadhar Nagar. This scene was used in the Bake Restudy video. Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy returned in 1991 and they performed the same song with additional historical verses.
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy cues up a cassette copy of a 1938 recording made by musicologist A. A. Bake (Tefi# 63) on a TCD5 cassette player. Gopibai Sivlal, other women, and boys watch. At Gangadhar Nagar.
Gopibai Sivlal, Kanjar Bhāṭ woman, claps and sings as she dances in the Rajasthani ghumar style, while women clap and sing. Men and boys watch from the outer circle. At Gangadhar Nagar.
Gopibai Sivlal, a Kanjar Bhāṭ woman, dances in the Rajasthani ghumar style with left hand outstretched and lifting her sari hem, while children, women, and men watch. Ranjit, a bearded drummer, plays ḍholak. At Gangadhar Nagar.
Gopibai Sivlal, a Kanjar Bhāṭ woman, dances in the Rajasthani ghumar style while women sing and clap. She dances to the same songs as were recorded by musicologist A. A. Bake in 1938 (Tefi# 63.12) “Bhat dance with women’s song” and “Kamlivalo” (“Blanket Man”), about Prophet Mohammed. At Gangadhar Nagar. This scene was used in the Bake Restudy video. Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy returned in 1991 and they performed the same song with additional historical verses.
Chandappa Jampana Kattimani’s young grandson in red shorts writhes ecstatically on all fours, a man plays jhāñjh, and Kattimani’s son in red printed dhoti encourages the boy, his son. An altar of three bricks and ashes is in the foreground. At Gangadhar Nagar.
Exterior of Krishna temple (?) with the date on left of building: 1978. Towns people said that a politician gave the temple to the village. Village men, women, children flank Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy and Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy at entrance. Chandappa Jampana Kattimani is standing on the right among men, women and children. At Gangadhar Nagar.