Kajri (Chaumasa)- Banaras Mahila Mandal
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., 1:34:84 (New Delhi, Delhi State) , 6 mins
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- Kajri or kajali sung by members of the Banaras Mahila Mandal. It is chaumasa song which refers to the four months of the rains.
- 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
- Season song of Uttar Pradesh
- Content Type
- Field recording (raw)
- Duration
- 6 mins
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy, 1927-2009
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Kajri
- Date Recorded
- 1964
- Series Number
- N63. Fieldtrip to survey varieties of Indian music in 1963-1964., 1:34:84
- Subject
- World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, South Asia: Indian Subcontinent, Cultural anthropology
