The Basavanneppa Band plays music during a wedding procession located at 35/1 Vardhappa Rd. The band includes 2 bass drums, 2 side drums, 2 snare drums, 3 clarinets, 6 baritone horns, 4 trumpets, 3 tubas, and a Casio electronic keyboard. Sounds of traffic can be heard in the recording. The male singer, Mahadev B. Tavare, sings some of the songs in falsetto (imitation female). Film songs. The second song is from Awara. The third song is a Casio solo instrumental of a Nagin melody.
Kanarese, Marathi and Sanskrit songs at a playback session of 1938 Bake recordings. Vitthal Temple precincts in the village of Shāhapur (now a suburb of Belgaum). Performed by the Sraddha Bhajan Mandal group (30 women and 3 men). Main instrument: voice. Accompanying musicians (instruments): G. A. Kulkarni (tablā), Yeshvant Bondre (pakhāwaj), unidentified musician (hmnm - harmonium). 1. Palna (name ceremony): lullaby. Kanarese. Addresses baby Lord Krishna, "Jo jo" refrain. Three singers: Sumangala Matikali (Lingayat), Shakuntala Chavan (Maratha), and Hemlata Matikali (Lingayat). In response to the 1938 A. A. Bake recording, Bake 68.6 "Kanarese Lullaby." They sang five verses, then remembered two more. 2 & 3. Seven-month pregnancy song: describes woman's experiences from first month. Three singers: Sumangala Matikali, Shakuntala Chavan, and Hemlata Matikali. In response to Bake 70.1 "Song for women in their seventh month of pregnancy" (tune not the same). The same song was recorded using the same tune sung by Dalit (Harijan) women in Bailhongal (Event 7). Interesting because different communities shared similar content (Lingayat and Dalit/Harijan). 4. Shravan (Sawan) Gauri: Gauri Arati - Mangala. Two singers: Sarala Adhyapak and Sarla Tarlekar (?). In response to Bake 69.9 "Gauri-arati song (Mangala)." Before Item 5, (12:50), there is brief talking and laughing and singing phrases from the film song "Gauri Arati - Mangala." This film song was composed by Keshavrao Bhole for the Marathi/Hindi film Kunku/Duniya na Mane (Vermilion/The World Doesn't Care) (1937). The Shahapur women sang it perfectly, and then sang their "paramparik" (traditional) version of the Gauri Mangala ritual song. The Marathi film song became the most popular version of this ritual song, even to today. 5. They sing their "paramparik" (traditional) version of the ritual song. The traditional song was sung on Tuesdays of Sravan (in August). 6. They sang the Bake version; a cinema version of the traditional song, composed by Keshavrao Bhole for the Marathi/Hindi film Kunku/Duniya na Mane (Vermilion/The World Doesn't Care) (1937). The Shahapur women sang it perfectly. The Marathi film song became the most popular version of this ritual song, even to today. 7. Sung by Sarla Tarlekar (?) and the first line is "Jai jai he sumangala." 8. The first line is "Jaya devi mangala gauri," and this version is from the film Kunku, in Marathi. 9. Hadaga "Hadaga gand hari pujite, vaje." Two singers: Aswini (Herlekar's niece) and another woman. In response to Bake 69.10 "Hadaga (girl's play)." 10. Hadaga: differs from Bake 69. 10 "Hadaga (girl's play)." 11. Child's Song. Sung by ten year old niece of Nandan Herlekar. 12. Hadaga: "Eliama pailama." In response to Bake 69.10 "Hadaga (girl's play)." 13. Tukaram Bhajan (sung by women): "Lauakar yei, yei." Singer: Nandan Herlekar and party, with hmnm, tablā, and taal. Subject: Ganapati description. 14. Kabir Bhajan (sung by women): Singer: Nandan Herlekar and party, with hmnm, tablā, and taal. Genre: Bhajan. 15. Kabir Bhajan : "Hari bolo re." Singer: Nandan Herlekar, with hmnm, tablā. Genre: Bhajan. 16. Ovi: "Nagapanchami." Singer: Mangala Bapat. 17. Ovi for a wedding: "Ghana Bariyela." 18. Ovi sung during wedding preparations: "Ghana Bariyela." 2 Singers: Sarala Adhyapak and another woman. 19. Tukaram: "Kai Sukhāhe." Two singers: Usha Khadilkar and Sunita Mahajan, with hmnm, tablā, pakhāwaj. 20. Lehra: Jugalbandhi: pakhāwaj, tablā, and hmnm. 21. Purandaradas bhajan to Lakshmi: "Bhāgyadalakshmi." Singer: G. H. Kulkarni, with tablā and hmnm. 22. Shiva tandavam (Shivatandavam) ritya. Singer: Vedmurti Nagech Shastri Herlekar. In Sanskrit, with hmnm, and tābla.
Haḏgā is a seasonal festival circle dance with a cumulative song of 16 verses (also called Bhondla, Hadaga). This is an arranged performance of 12 of the verses by 18 schoolgirls from the Mahila Vidyalay school. Haḏgā is performed on the first day of Navaratri, when girls and young brides reunite in their natal home. One verse is sung the first night, when one of 16 dots is erased from beneath the image of an elephant, placed in the center of a circle. On the second night, two verses are sung, etc. On the last night, a covered dish with special food is passed from girl to girl, as each tries to guess its contents. Verse #9 tells of a mother-in-law and her son who want to bring the daughter-in-law/wife back to her new marital home. They offer her everything, including pearls. She agrees to return only if her husband gives her a whip.