Folk Legacy of Rajasthan Langa

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Badila Bega 03:11
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Charkho 03:36
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Gorbandh 03:02
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Hichki 03:19
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Jalalo Bilalo 03:26
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Kotal Ghurhlo 03:14
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Kurjan 02:57
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Lawarji 03:26
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Nindarli Lage Rahi 03:15
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Sawaniyaro Hindo 03:04
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Sorat Ke Dohe 03:18
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Toranio 02:55
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About Rajasthan:
The desert area of Rajasthan provides a typical economic base for the rearing of sheep and cattle and agricultural work during the few months of the monsoon. Life is difficult, but the monsoon period provides a period of leisure for people. Most of the inhabitants of Rajasthan are therefore engaged in some sort of activity which helps the time to pass. Though folk songs or folk crafts have their own motivating forces in difficult types of peasant societies, desert conditions give wider opportunities for the creation of various forms of folk and the embellishment of them.

The Langas:
The twelve folk songs presented in this album belong to this desert area. The songs are sung by three traditional folk singers from the Lange community who are inhabitants of this area. The singers use a chordophonic instrument known as Sarangi-- a type of improved fiddle which is played with a bow. Langas use two types of Sarangis and call them Gujratan Sarangi and Sindhi Sarangi. The adjectives of Gujarat and Sindh are two serperate states on the South-West and West of Rajasthan's border. Gujarat is in India, whereas Sindh is now a part of Pakistan. The qualifying terms for the Sarangis as Gujratan or Sindhi may mean that these musical instruments were once made in these areas. However, the Sindhi Sarangi is currently available and played in the Sindh area of Pakistan, but the same can not be said for the Gujaratan. The folk singers recall that both the Sarangis were at one time made in Gujarat, but nowadays there are no craftsmen there making Sarangis. The use and style of Sarangi playing has left its distinct mark on the style of singing and on vocal embellishment.

Style of Singing:
Langas have a distinctive style of singing which is quite different from the style of professional singers of other castes. Rajasthan has many such professional social or caste groups whose livelihood is singing alone. In the desert area, Manganiyar is an important caste which has preserved an absolutely different style of singing. They mainly play on a chordophonic instrument known as Kamayacha. This instrument is played by a bow. The shape and size and playing mode differs from that of Sarangi. Musical instruments are preserved through castes which adopted through a social process, preserved them and continue the practice of teaching the mode of playing to following generations. It is difficult to say whether many instruments could have come down to us without this peculiar adoption by a professional caste in general social organization for a professional purpose, sanctified by tradition.

Further Research:
To discover more information about this album and Rajasthani folk music, read "Monograph on Langas: A Folk Musician Caste of Rajasthan" by Komal Kothari

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released July 8, 2013

Singers: Shumar Khan, Alladin, Nor Mohmad

Notes: Komal Kothari

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