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Description:: Field recording of narrative songs sung by a lead male singer and a group of female singers with Chang and Manjira accompaniment. A faint sound of a bowed string instrument can be heard as an accompanying instrument in the recording. The songs are about a wedding episode within a devotional narrative.1. 'Sona rupa ra mandiya', a narrative song sung by a lead male singer followed by a group of female singers with Chang and Manjira accompaniment. In the middle of the song, ambient sounds of a bell, Nagada drums and Shankh can be heard. 2. 'Dhola parni ne bhuli bira ne', a narrative song sung by a lead male singer followed by a group of female singers with Chang and Manjira accompaniment. 3. 'Ramta jogi ave re', a narrative song sung by a lead male singer followed by a group of female singers with Chang and Manjira accompaniment. 4. A narrative song sung by a lead male singer followed by a group of female singers with Chang, bowed lute and Manjira accompaniment.
Date:: July 16, 1981
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Field recordings of the ritual narrative tradition of 'Ambav Bharat' at Undri village in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The ritual performance consists of narrating the story of Amba Mata, the female deity, with Dhak and Thali accompaniment. Amba is a female deity whose narrative is sung and performed during the Gavri festival in eastern Rajasthan. Most devotees of Amba mata and Gavri are members of the Bhil community of Rajasthan.
Date:: September 18, 1982
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: A series of poems and 'bat' (stories) related to Raja Bhoj recited and narrated by the father of Hakam Khan Manganiar at Kiraliya village, district Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Recording of songs sung by a female singer of the Manganiar community, Asu Manganiar also known as Asudevi Manganiar. Asu accompanies herself on the Dhol.
Date:: June 29, 2000
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: The audio recordings in the collection include ballads, oral epics and storytelling of hereditary musician castes in the Western Rajasthan region of India recorded from 1980 to 2003. These hereditary musicians belong to some of the most marginalized communities with traditions that are quickly disappearing. The collection represents the research carried out by the late Komal Kothari of the Rupayan Sansthan, whose pioneering work put the music of Western Rajasthan, especially that of the Langa and Manganiar communities, on the world music map. The Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology at the American Institute of Indian Studies digitized this collection of audio cassettes that document the music and oral traditions of Western Rajasthan as part of the Modern Endangered Archives Program.

Description:: Proceedings of a seminar on the topic of cultural, economic and social significance of Bajra (pearl millet) crop in India, held at Rupayan Sansthan, Borunda, in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi. This tape contains an introductory note to the seminar, given by a male speaker and a lecture by Chandidan Detha.1. Komal kothari introduces a speaker who initiates the discussion on the topic of Bajra (pearl millet) grain, its agriculture in Rajasthan and the tradition and modern perspectives on the usage of water. 2. A lecture presentation by Chandidan Detha on the local vocabulary and knowledge systems about agriculture of Bajra (pearl millet), the problems associated with modern agriculture and shortage of water Rajasthan. 3. Chandidan Detha answers a question by Komal Kothari on how an area is traditionally select for digging for water. Detha recites a few anecdotes and demonstrates the success of traditional wisdom with the help of some geographical examples of water bodies. Detha also talks about the value of planting more trees for water conservation.
Date:: August 8, 1989
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Proceedings of a Camp or a Mela dedicated to the study and revitalization of the string instruments Kamaicha and Sarangi titled 'Kamaicha-Sarangi Mela' held at Rupayan Sansthan, Borunda.
Date:: August 11, 1989
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Field recordings of the ritual narrative tradition of 'Ambav Bharat' at Undri village in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The ritual performance consists of narrating the story of Amba Mata, the female deity, with Dhak and Thali accompaniment. Amba is a female deity whose narrative is sung and performed during the Gavri festival in eastern Rajasthan. Most devotees of Amba mata and Gavri are members of the Bhil community of Rajasthan.
Date:: September 19, 1982
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Recordings of Gani Khan, Meherdin Khan and Daud Khan - all musicians of the Sarangia Langa community from Western Rajasthan.
Date:: July 31, 1982
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description:: Field recordings from Kesarkheri village in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan. The tape contains conversation between Komal Kothari and men of the Gosain sect of the village, songs and Bhajans of the same sect sung with Tandura and Manjira accompaniment. There is also recording of women attaining a trance state at the end of the tape.
Date:: October 2, 1981
Resource Type:: sound recording
Collection:: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Modern Endangered Archives Program

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