Tejaji Ballad (A-005)

This was the last session of the Ballad of the previous recordings started during the Monsoon-2009. The fresh recordings of the Tejaji Ballad for the proposed project on Thikarda village are in the following folders ‘Thikarda New-1’ to ‘Thikarda New-6’ (i.e. Document Sheet No. 15, 24, 26, 32, 37 & 38)

Abstract

The collection consists of audio recordings along with related photographs and videos. The project was mainly based on recording 20 hours of the Tejaji Ballad sung by the Mali (gardeners) community of the village Thikarda. But along with Thikarda, nightlong recordings were also done in some 23 other villages of Hadoti and surrounding region for a comparative study.

Keywords

Oral Literature, Oral Tradition, Linguistic Anthropology, Tejaji, Tejaji Gatha, Snake deity, Folk deity, Thikarda, Rajasthan, Ballad

Spatial Coverage

Tejaji Shrine, Village Thikarda, Tehsil Hindoli, District Bundi, Rajasthan, INDIA

Temporal Coverage

August 5th 2010 - August 6th 2010

Sponsorship

World Oral Literature Project

Identifiers

This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/244483

Rights

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