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Of bards and beggars [electronic resource] / by Yask Desai and Shweta Kishore.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Rites and ceremonies--India--Rajasthan.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Folk musicians--India--Rajasthan.
- Folk musicians.
- Rabaris--India--Rajasthan.
- Rabaris.
- Herders--India--Rajasthan.
- Herders.
- Rajasthan (India)--Social life and customs.
- Rajasthan (India).
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (32 min.) : sd., col.
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Mainly in English, with English subtitles for sections in Indian languages.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- A documentary film about the prayer ritual jagraan, made to the deity Pabuji, a guardian of livestock, as it is performed by folk musicians in Rajasthan. The musicians who perform the jaagran, known as bhopas, are losing their traditional patrons, the nomadic herders of livestock known as Raikas, and the remaining bhopas are forced more and more to perform for foreign and Indian tourists who know little about their craft.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Feb. 13, 2012).
- Previously released on DVD.
- Recorded in Rajasthan, India.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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