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Description:: Bhajans or devotional songs composed by the saint poet Meera, sung by Mahesharam Meghwal and other male singers. Bhajan are devotional songs addressed to a particular deity or to God or a divinity in general. In many cases they are attributed to the various saint poets of India, such as Meera in this case. The songs are sung with Tandura, Manjira, Sarangi, Dholak and Ghara accompaniment.
Date:: January 01 - December 31, 1994
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: 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 discussions led by Komal Kothari on different percussion instruments followed by demonstrations on Dholak and Kamaicha.
Date:: 1990-11-30
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan

Description:: An interview of members of the broom maker community of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, conducted by a male speaker.
Date:: January 1, 1990 - December 31, 1999
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan

Description:: Field recording of songs sung by a group of women from the Ravana Rajput community. These are mostly devotional and wedding songs. The recording contains intermittent conversations among the women singers.
Date:: January 1, 1980 - December 31, 1989
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan

Description:: Field recording of Kadar Khan Langa with his young male students, Asin Khan Langa, Hussain Khan Langa and Samsu Khan Langa with Sindhi Sarangi accompaniment. The tape contains pedagogic session between Kadar and his pupils. The tape contains intermittent short conversations among the recordists. One of them is Vibeke Homaa, a researcher, who speaks only in English and the other is a scholar, Sudha Rajhans, who acts as Homa's translator and resource-person and speaks in Marwari and English.
Date:: November 1 - December 31, 1993
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan

Description:: Recording of the proceedings of a 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 was held at the Rupayan Sansthan, Borunda, Rajasthan, in collaboration with the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT).
Date:: November 28, 1990
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan

Description:: Bhajans or devotional songs composed by the saint poet Meera and Kabir, sung by singers of the Jogi community with Tandura, Manjira and Dholak accompaniment. The In the recording, after singing each Bhajan, one of the singers recites the lyrics of the song for the recordists.
Date:: January 1 - December 31, 1994
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan

Description:: A tape with compilation of songs from different sources. The first track contains a popular Rajasthani song composed and sung by Gazi Khan Manganiar, followed by an incomplete track of a song sung by female singers of the Manganiar community, Ankala and Rukma. The last track contains an incomplete Krishna Bhajan sung by Lakha Khan Manganiar.
Date:: January 1, 1990 - December 31, 1999
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan

Description:: Pabuji ri Sayal', sung by Bankaram Bhopa and Jeevaram Bhopa with Gujjari accompaniment. 'Pabuji ri Sayal' are a genre of devotional narratives wherein the spirit of Pabuji responds to prayers or cries for help of his followers. These are sung narratives performed by the Bhopa priests of Pabuji.
Date:: May 30, 1993
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: 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).
Date:: 1990-11-22
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan

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