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Rajasthan: Musique du Desert.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz.
- Metal Music.
- Indians (Asian).
- Music history.
- Ethnomusicology.
- Rajasthan.
- Local Subjects:
- Jazz.
- Metal Music.
- Indians (Asian).
- Music history.
- Ethnomusicology.
- Rajasthan.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (55 minutes)
- Other Title:
- FV Musique de l'Inde : Rajasthan
- Place of Publication:
- Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 1992.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- In French.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- The great Thar Desert, on the border with Pakistan, imposes a different notion of time. It is this “arid and harsh land, a land of colors and dry ochre, where life is a journey under the auspices of the gods” that Sakha Khan invokes in a raga desh to bring rain. He is one of the musicians in the film, in which Manganniyas, Bhopas, Langas, Kamans, Bhils, nomads, shepherds or cobra charmers, Hindus or Muslims, are the messengers of an oral tradition. Their wanderings reveal a vast repertoire of sacred and secular songs: songs in praise of the gods or maharajas, for weddings or Hindu ceremonies such as holi - which celebrates the arrival of spring - for cobra charmers... Musicians accompany themselves on the kamanchiya fiddle (derived from the sarangi), the double flute satârâ, the sarangi (bowed fiddle), the shenaï (a kind of oboe); kartals (wooden plates), dholak (double-skinned drums) and tablas provide rhythmic accompaniment in crazy tempi (the jhaptal is in ten time, and it's amusing to see Gazee Khan, a kartal virtuoso, demonstrate it by counting on his fingers). Manganniyars and langas, who remain marginalized members of a lower caste, are recognized as first-rate musicians. Mangi Bai Arya, who sings court music, accompanied on the tablas by Prakash Arya, confirms that women are more often than not singers or dancers, while it is always men who impose themselves in larger ensembles. Philippe Lesage
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 15, 2024).
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