Project / Collection: Documentation of music and folklore in Western Rajasthan - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/14
Title:: व्रत कथाएं'
Scope & Content:: This is a notebook containing a collection of 'Vrat Kathaein' or tales performed or read during the fasting rituals. The writer mentions the name and details of the resourcepersons who contributed these stories. All the contributors are women of various age groups. At the end of the notebook is ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi and Rajasthani
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 48 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/15
Title:: मनोहर लालस'
Scope & Content:: This is a notebook of Manohar Lalas containg field notes of reseaerch on the artists of 'Bat' and 'Katha traditions of Rajasthan. 'Bat' and other stories are mentioned in brief in the notebook but the focus is on the caste, communities and social realities of the artists. The last few pages ment...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1980s
Extent:: 27 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/16
Title:: Notebook from 1986
Scope & Content:: This is a notebook containing names of Rajasthani traditional singers and their groups. Various pages contain transcripts of songs of these singers and other contain categorizations of songs and artists according to raga and region. The names of Lakha Khan and the group of Daud, Kader and Shumar...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi and Rajasthani
Date Range:: 1986
Extent:: 47 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/17
Title:: Field recordings
Scope & Content:: This is a notebook containing transcripts of field recordings consisting of folk tales, songs interviews, some of them conducted by Kuldeep Kothari. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 notebook of 35 pages. Phys...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1990s
Extent:: 21 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/18
Title:: A note on Publishing in Rajasthan
Scope & Content:: This is a handwritten note by an unknown writer. The note talks about the difficulties and dynamics of getting published in Rajasthan and Rajasthani language. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 set of 2 loose pa...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Rajasthani
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 3 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/19
Title:: गाँव गाँव में गंवरी'
Scope & Content:: This is a note on the celebration and worship of Ganvri and the participative rituals associated with this deity. The note also mentions the associated deities with Gavri and auspicious moments when Gavri is celebrated and the inauspicious moments when it is prohibited to do so. The trance ritua...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/20
Title:: नेत्राकाट - I
Scope & Content:: This is a note describing the art of crafting eyes with metal for the various Hindu idols of the region. The article describe a shop the family business known to practice this art in Rajasthan in Nathdwara. The article tells about the process as well as the social context of this art form and it...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 3 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/21
Title:: A note on Folk musical instruments
Scope & Content:: This is a note written by Komal Kothari on the importance of musical instruments in understanding the rural society of India and especially Rajasthan. The article talks about various kinds of intruments, the caste communities they are attached to, and the socio-cultural role played but musical i...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/22
Title:: A note on Folk instruments of Rajasthan
Scope & Content:: This is a note written by Komal Kothari on the structure of the folk musical instruments of Rajasthan.This note mentions about the structure and detailed information on variou parts and mode of working of three bowed string instruments; Sindhi Sarangi, Pyaledar Sarangi and Kamaicha; two wind ins...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 5 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/23
Title:: गहने'
Scope & Content:: This is a form and a questionnaire created for the study of traditional jewellery of local communities. The questionnaire asks question about the various jewellery related to various occasions, who is prohibited and who is allowed to wear certain pieces of jewellery and the symbolic value associ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

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