हरजस 2

Title: हरजस 2
Alternative title: Recording of a devotional narrative and poetry tradition known as 'Harjas' 2
Creator: Gujjar, Bhojuram
Artist: Meena, Rugnath
Meena, Nanda
Meena, Mohan
Meena, Shankar
Date Created: 2000-06-19
Date: 2000-06-19
Language: Marwari
Collection: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Program: Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description: Field recording of the devotional song tradition of Harjas performed by Rugnath, Shankar, Mohan and Nanda of the Meena community with Dhol and Thali accompaniment. The prayers of Harjas are mostly dedicated to 'Hari', one of the pan-Hindu deity, but some devotional songs are also dedicated to other local deities.
Contents note: 1. Introduction of the characters, 'Shiv' and 'Shakti', from the devotional narrative followed by a Loor, a specific kind of composition, dedicated to Ram, sung by a group of male singers of the Meena community with Dhol and Thali. 2. 'Sita Haran', a short narrative of Sita being abducted by the demon king Ravana, sung as a 'Choya' by a group of male singers of the Meena community with Dhol and Thali. The Choya usually is not related to the storyline of the ritual narrative but is a song that is either relevant to the surroundings of the performance, used to evoke certain deities or is simply sung for the entertainment of the audience. 3. 'Chawanda mata ki stuti', a prayer dedicated to the a female deity, Chawanda, sung by a group of male singers of the Meena community with Dhol and Thali accompaniment.

Genre: sound recordings
Subject Geographic: Goram Garh, Tehsil Jahazpur, District Bhilwara, Rajasthan (India)
India
Longitude: 25.6975
Latitude: 75.3258
Resource type: sound recording
Subjects: Tales--India--Rajasthan
Folklore
Storytelling
Krishna (Hindu deity)--In the performing arts
Folk songs, Rajasthani--India--Rajasthan
Devotional poetry
Oral tradition
Ballads, Rajasthani

Rights statement: unknown
Rights Holder: Rupayan Sansthan, rupayansansthan@gmail.com
Funding Note: Digitization for the Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan collection was sponsored by the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.