Sohar- Lakhi Devi and Janaki Devi- Jharkhand
of Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology. American Institute of Indian Studies, in Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy Collection, N63. Fieldtrip to survey varieties of Indian music in 1963-1964., 1:30:84 (New Delhi, Delhi State) , 2 mins
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- Sohar sung by two Hijra performers, Lakhi Devi and Janaki Devi, at Ranchi. The song celebrates the birth of Krishna and consists of four padhs or short rhymed poems. The song is accompanied by dance with dhol and ghungroos.
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Copyright Message
- Material sourced from the Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy Collection, Archive and Research Center for Ethnomusicology. Copyright Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy.
- Description
- Childbirth song
- Content Type
- Field recording (raw)
- Duration
- 2 mins
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, 1927-2009
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Sohar
- Date Recorded
- 1964
- Series Number
- N63. Fieldtrip to survey varieties of Indian music in 1963-1964., 1:30:84
- Subject
- World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, South Asia: Indian Subcontinent, Cultural anthropology