Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Ethnomusicology Archive - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Ḍolu (large drum). Instrument of the Konda Reddi (Hill Reddi) people, Khammam District. Possession of the Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute.
Date:: December 21, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: Ḍolu (large drum), and a small drum. Instruments of the Konda Reddi (Hill Reddi) people, Khammam District. Possession of the Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute.
Date:: December 21, 1963
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: Karakāṭṭam dance, an acrobatic dance performed with pots balanced on the head, and hoops, in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman. Om Periyaswamy's son (?) and two younger dancers perform a dance with hoops decorated with frills, while balancing pots, trays of roses, and parrots on their heads. At the TamilNadu Hotel.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 28, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 61, Data Sheets, p. 119-131
Date:: March 14, 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: Karakāṭṭam dance, an acrobatic dance performed with pots balanced on the head, and hoops, in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman. Om Periyaswamy's son (?) holding 12 or more hoops in his outstretched arms, while exclaiming and balancing a silver pot, a tray of roses, and a parrot on his head. A younger dancer carrying four hoops horizontally passes in front of him. At the TamilNadu Hotel.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 28, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 61, Data Sheets, p. 119-131
Date:: March 14, 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: Karakāṭṭam dance, an acrobatic dance performed with pots balanced on the head, and hoops, in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman. Son of Om Periyaswamy (?) dancing with hoops while balancing a silver pot and tray of roses on his head, flanked by two other dancers with hoops. At the TamilNadu Hotel.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 28, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 61, Data Sheets, p. 119-131
Date:: March 14, 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Description:: Karakāṭṭam dance, an acrobatic dance performed with pots balanced on the head, and hoops, in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman. Om Periyaswamy's son (?) and two younger dancers perform a dance with hoops decorated with frills, while balancing pots, trays of roses, and parrots on their heads. They kneel on one knee on the grassy ground, while Om Periyaswamy's son (?) kneels completely and leans forward on his hands. At the TamilNadu Hotel.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 28, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 61, Data Sheets, p. 119-131
Date:: March 14, 1984
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:: Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts

Browse items