Search

Browse items

–

Current results range from 1962 to 1984

View distribution

Search Constraints

You searched for: Subject Chordophones ✖Remove constraint Subject: Chordophones
Start Over

139 Catalog Results

Number of results to display per page
View results as:
List Created with Sketch. List View List Gallery Created with Sketch. Gallery View Gallery

Search Results

Theyyam festival - Kummāṭṭī Thumbi pāṭṭu “Dragonfly Song” performance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Kummāṭṭī (Kummattikali) is a mask dance of Kerala. Image of a Kummāṭṭī Thumbi pāṭṭu “Dragonfly Song” performance of a “play song” usually performed in door-to-door processions during Onam. Nayar male teens stand; villu kottu musicians, stand in a circle. Performed by V. P. Paul and party.<br>Ref: Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Bake Restudy 1984 (2008), Section 17:3/1 “Onavillu in simulated context” at 52:43- 55:20. Original raw footage.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 63, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 107, Data Sheets, p. 229-230
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Kummāṭṭī Thumbi pāṭṭu “Dragonfly Song” performance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Gondhal and Jāgran ceremony - Mānik Bāī with Bhagvan Renake, Pune (India), 1984

Description:
Jāgran (Vāghyā Muralī)--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. Mānik Bāī plays ghaṭī, with three musicians -- one with a tuṇtuṇe, Bhagvan Renake with a dimdi, and one with a jālra -- during a Jāgran (Hindu ritual): Vāghyā Muralī Jāgran – Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu deity Khaṇḍobā Goddess Amba. The mandhab is visible in the right foreground.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Data Sheets, p. 1-2
Date:
February 8, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Gondhal and Jāgran ceremony - Mānik Bāī with Bhagvan Renake, Pune (India), 1984

Gondhal and Jāgran ceremony, Pune (India), 1984, Pune (India), 1984

Description:
Gondhal ceremony--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. Three musicians perform Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu Goddess Amba. Standing behind a mandhab, vocal ensemble musicians with instruments (left to right): Jagannath Tite (tuṇtuṇe), Bhagvan Renake (Jālra), and R. H. Garuda (sambal).<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Data Sheets, p. 1-2
Date:
February 8, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Gondhal and Jāgran ceremony, Pune (India), 1984, Pune (India), 1984

Villupāttu (bow song) ensemble, Achankulam (India : Village), 1984

Description:
Villupāttu (bow song) ensemble Sivalingam Nadar ("Lord Shiva's Power Nadars) of the Nadar community, from Sedupati (7 members) -- during the performance of the story of Kalasami. Center: Lingaswami (male singer, strikes side of clay pot with finger ring and opening of clay pot with flat areca nut sheath). Left: Meenakshi (second singer, and player of wooden clappers). Children watch. The ensemble had just completed performing the Shasta story, as it was Shasta's (Ayappa's) birthday. One microphone is visible in the left foreground. Performed at the Ayyappan (Shasta) Temple.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 29, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 64, Data Sheets, p. 142
Date:
March 14, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Villupāttu (bow song) ensemble, Achankulam (India : Village), 1984

Gondhal and Jāgran ceremony - Mānik Bāī, dancer, with Bhagvan Renake, Pune (India), 1984

Description:
Jāgran (Vāghyā Muralī)--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. Behind the mandhab, Mānik Bāī plays ghaṭī, with three musicians -- one with a tuṇtuṇe, Bhagvan Renake with a dimdi, and one with a jālra -- during a Jāgran (Hindu ritual): Vāghyā Muralī Jāgran – Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu deity Khaṇḍobā Goddess Amba. A flame and objects are on the left.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Data Sheets, p. 1-2
Date:
February 8, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Gondhal and Jāgran ceremony - Mānik Bāī, dancer, with Bhagvan Renake, Pune (India), 1984

Theyyam festival - Kummāṭṭī Thumbi pāṭṭu “Dragonfly Song” performance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Description:
Kummāṭṭī (Kummattikali) is a mask dance of Kerala. Image of a Kummāṭṭī Thumbi pāṭṭu “Dragonfly Song” performance of a “play song” usually performed in door-to-door processions during Onam. Nayar male teens play on villu kottu striking their bows. Three singing, masked dancers are covered in kummatti leaves. Two of them beat a masked old woman walking with a stick, the mother Thamma, because she is “licentious” and is too friendly with the audience. The actor on the left wears a black mask and crown-like headdress; the mother Thamma character wears an old woman mask and a white cloth headdress; the actor on the right wears a painted headdress of 2 orbs stacked stop a base. Performed by V. P. Paul and party.<br>Ref: Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Bake Restudy 1984 (2008), “Onavillu in simulated context” @ 52:43- 55:20. Original raw footage.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 63064, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 107, Data Sheets, p. 229-230
Date:
April 6, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Theyyam festival - Kummāṭṭī Thumbi pāṭṭu “Dragonfly Song” performance, Kalliasseri (India), 1984

Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual - O. K. Raman demonstrates a Pulluvan kudam *clay "pot"), Peramangalam (India), 1984

Description:
O. K. Raman, a musician with a Pulluvan kudam (clay “pot”) variable tension chordophone, demonstrates his instrument for the researchers during a pause in a Sarpa Thullal serpent ritual. O. K. Raman sits in a playing position on the pounded earth floor of the ritual area, with both legs bent to the right, holding the kudam’s twisted playing string taut with his right knee and left calf. The string is made of twisted nylon or plastic twine. His right hand holds the smooth wooden plectrum vayanam with which he will pluck the string near its midpoint. His left index finger presses the playing string near its end, perhaps in preparation for plucking the string to modify and ornament its sound, which creates a distinctive “brum brum” sound. He will lean against his left upper arm rhythmically, thereby pushing against the pot, which stretches the string, thus raising its pitch about a third, creating a rising and falling ostinato-like repeated rhythmic pattern. The Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual was held at a Sarpa Kaavu (snake grove) in a private home in Peramangalam village. For playing in natural ritual context, with singers and a second Pulluvān kudam player, see the video referenced below, which records O. K. Raman and the second Pulluvan kudam player performing heterophonic melodies in seven-beat cycles emphasized by large hand cymbals played by Pulluvati women. These Pulluvati women also sing a separate heterophonic melody with lyrics, called sarpam pattu (serpent song), or sarpam stuti (serpent praise song). The patterns modulating to six-beat cycles at 2:46, until 7:32, when seven beat cycles resume briefly, followed by duple meter patterns, and silence at 8:00, when the Pulluvan vīṇā player bows and chants to the two trancing women, asking them to pronounce the oracle, to which they reply in the affirmative. They stand quickly at 8:27 and run off to the snake kaavu (grove) followed by men, children, and women, while the Pulluvan kudam players resume duple meter patterns. Silence resumes at 9:16, and the post-trance women are carried back in the arms of men at 9:20. Sarpam Thullal (Dance of Snakes), is a mystical ritual of Kerala performed by a community called “Pullava,” and is performed to appease snake gods and bring prosperity to a family. The songs are called “Pulluvan Pāṭṭu.”<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Bake Restudy Notes, p. 55, Jairazbhoy Diary, p. 98, Data Sheets, p. 205
Date:
April 2, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Sarpam Thullal Pulluvan Serpent Ritual - O. K. Raman demonstrates a Pulluvan kudam *clay "pot"), Peramangalam (India), 1984

Gondhal and Jāgran ceremony, Pune (India), 1984, Pune (India), 1984

Description:
Gondhal ceremony--Inauguration of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. Three musicians perform Marathi devotional ritual music to Hindu Goddess Amba. Standing behind a mandhab, vocal ensemble musicians with instruments (left to right): Jagannath Tite (tuṇtuṇe), and R. H. Garuda (sambal). Bhagvan Renake holds a stick above a flame.<br>Ref. (Related Items): Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA (coll. 198609_NA84): Data Sheets, p. 1-2
Date:
February 8, 1984
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy
Collection:
Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Gondhal and Jāgran ceremony, Pune (India), 1984, Pune (India), 1984