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Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy Collection (473)
- N73. Three-week fieldtrip to India. Recordings made on Nagra IV (full track) recorder (9 tapes, miscellaneous content), photographs on Leica M3. Diary, no datasheets. (3)
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N78-1.N78-A. Eleven-week fieldtrip, eight weeks in India (Rajasthan) and three weeks in Pakistan (Sind). (25)
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DescriptionPrimary purpose of the trip was to continue research on performing groups (Manganhars, Langas, Dholis, etc.) both in Rajasthan and to see how their traditions are maintained in Sind. A second purpose was to carry out research for the Smithsonian Institution on kathputli puppetry and to locate groups from India and Pakistan to perform in Washington, D.C. at the joint meeting of L’Union Internationale de la Marrionette and the Puppeteers of America planned for June 1980. (NOTE: the Pakistani group did not participate eventually). Recordings made on Nakamichi 550 and Sony TC 150 with photographs on Minolta XE 7 and Olympus OM 1. 55 cassettes, including 7 of copies of recordings from Rupayan Sansthan and 5 of copies of recordings from Institute of Folk Heritage in Islamabad. Diary, tape contents and indices.
- N78-2.N78-B. Five-week fieldtrip to India (Delhi, Rajasthan) to continue research on kathputli puppetry, Rajasthani performing groups and to attend the meetings of the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences in New Delhi. Audio recordings made on Nakamichi 550 and Soni TC 150. Photographs on Minolta XD 11. 15 cassettes. (82)
- N83. Three-week fieldtrip to India (2 weeks – Bhopal, Bombay – Kach) and Pakistan (1 week – Islamabad, Karachi, Hyderabad). Purpose of trip was to accompany Ralph Rinzler (Director, International Center (?), Smithsonian) and Peter Seitel (Director, Folklife Program, Smithsonian) on a feasibility study to explore areas of collaboration between the Smithsonian and Indian and Pakistani institutions. Miscellaneous recordings of Madhya Pradesh folk, devotional and tribal traditions, Kachi devotional songs, Pakistani classical music and Sindhi folk traditions. Recordings on Sony TC D5M and photographs on Canon A1. 5 audio cassettes. Still photographs. Diary (incomplete). Tape contents. (25)
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N84-1. Eighteen-week fieldtrip to India (including last five days in Pakistan) to 1) carry out Bake 1938-9 restudy; 2) participate in the audio seminars at the National Centre for the Performing Arts; 3) install the computer retrieval system in the ARCE. The Bake restudy was undertaken with the collaboration of the ARCE staff and Dr. Amy Catlin (who also instructed the staff in the operation of the retrieval system). Recordings were made in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala. The following formats were used: Audio—digital PCM (3+ hours), analog audio cassette, Sony TC D5M and WM D6 (about 42 hours). Diary, datasheets, video and audio logs and miscellaneous notes. (338)
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