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EAP1153/1/2/112

Record Id:

040-004517107

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004515243

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100178853582.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

EAP1153/1/2/112

Title:

performance by musicians and Bhopas of Pabuji

Scope & Content:

This file contains the photographs of an evening outdoor recording session of a performance by musicians and Bhopas of Pabuji, organised in the campus of Rupayan Sansthan, Borunda, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The performers are Bankaram, Jiyaram and Kusalaram. While all three sing and narrate the epic, Bankaram and Jiyaram play the lute and Kusalaram, the crossdressed performer, dances. Pabuji, a local deity, is the protagonist of the epic of Pabuji which is narrated by Bhopa priests with the help of a painted scroll known as the Par. The performative narration consists of singing, playing the Ravanhatha, a bowed lute, dancing and pointing at the relevant scenes on the Par with the help of the bow of Ravanhartha.

Extent and format of original material: 1 album of 14 photographs.

Collection Area:

Endangered Archives Programme

Project / Collection:

Documentation of music and folklore in Western Rajasthan

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-004515243
036-004515302
040-004517107

Is part of:

EAP1153/1 : Rupayan Sansthan
EAP1153/1/2 : Rupayan Sansthan (Jodhpur District, Rajasthan State)

EAP1153/1/2/112 : performance by musicians and Bhopas of Pabuji

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-004515243[0002]/036-004515302[0112]/040-004517107

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

14 TIFF images

Digitised Content:

https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1153-1-2-112

Thumbnail:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not Applicable

Start Date:

1970

End Date:

1979

Date Range:

1970s

Era:

Place of Origin:

India

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User Conditions:

Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.

Arrangement:

Arranged in Series by ARCE

Information About Copies:

Digital copies of the material are also located at Rupayan Sansthan, ARCE, British Library

Information About Originals:

The original material is located at the Rupayan Sansthan, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan State, India.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Music

Places:

India, Asia
Rajasthan, India