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Manganiyar Folk Music of the Rajasthan Desert
The Manganiyar community have performed their vibrant folk music for centuries in the desert regions of Rajasthan. Their songs form a chronicle of the life of the desert. Accompanied by the Dholak drums, the Manganiyar fiddle called the Kamaycha and the Khadtal - two wooden blocks held between fingers deftly manipulated with hand movements to create a staccato of rhythm - the Manganiyars peform their music on festive occasions, village gatherings, weddings, or for aristocratic patrons.
The songs are inspired by desert folklore, mythology, sufi mysticism and borrow from both Hindu and Muslim traditions.
anjaliarts traditional and contemporary spiritual, classical & folk music
Overtone Singing contemporary expression of an ancient technique
Overtones have been traditionally used in the folk singing of Mongolia and Tibetan religious chants.. In its new contemporary occidental expression overtone singing has become an extension of modal ideas where several parallel modes generated by the main melody and the overtone melody interact in a complex way to create fascinating harmonies and constantly push and pull each other in new directions.
A new style which is still developing its fascinating new grammar, overtone singing promises to be the sacral music of the years to come.
CD Launch at The Round Tower Copenhagen on 26th February 2009 at 20.00 hrs
Dhrupad Ancient Indian Meditative Singing
The oldest surviving form of Indian Classical Music, Dhrupad originated from the chantings of the sacred vedas. From these melodically simple chants, that however used a very complex and subtle inner dynamics of sound, evolved this classical performing art under the patronage of temples and royal courts.
Dhrupad can be seen at different levels as a meditation, a mantric recitation, a worship, a yoga based on the tantric knowledge of the nadis and chakras and also purely as a performing art portraying a universe of human emotions. Dhrupad can be described as slow, majestic, meditative - a contemplation and exploration of the subtle depths of Ragas. It seeks to uplift and energize but not necessarily entertain.
Ashish Sankrityayan Dhrupad accompanied on pakhawaj by Udhav Shinde
anjaliarts seeks to bring to discerning listeners music with depth, originality and creativity within traditional forms and also in new contemporary expressions.
