Music of the Desert 

An introduction to the musical traditions of Western Rajasthan and Kutch 

 

Speaker: Shubha Chaudhuri, Associate Director General (Academic) of the Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian Studies  and  co-authored  Bards, Ballads and Boundaries: An Ethnographic Atlas of the Music of West Rajasthan  

 

This lec-dem will present an introduction to the musical traditions of the western Rajasthan and Kutch with a view to provide connections and linkages. Bordering Sindh and with a shared history, these regions have a lot in common. The presentation will be based on  the speaker’s  own field  experiences in Rajasthan over a number of years, and her recent  incursions into Kutch