We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 3 Rajrang by Rupayan releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Rajasthan: A Musical Journey, Folk Legacy of Rajasthan Langa, and Rhythmic Expression. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $12.75 USD or more (15% OFF)

     

about

We end our journey with one of the most effervescent original compositions by Gazi Khan Manganiyar of Harwa village from the district of Bikaner in Rajasthan. Soon after it was composed, it became a “hit song” in the Rajasthani folk repertoire, passing on to other singers, even inspiring a popular number in a Hindi film.

Literally meaning “lemons”, the playful text of Nimbuda, built around catchy alliterative and onomatopoeic rhythms and sound patterns, draws its inspiration from the padla, the wedding ceremony which precedes the actual marriage, in which the bridegroom’s family is expected to send ceremonial clothes, ornaments, and ritual objects. There are hundreds of such padla songs, which are generally composed and sung by women; indeed, Gazi Khan himself acknowledges his musical debt to his mother. In this compostion, the young bride desires sour and unripe lemons, which symbolize her youthful energy. In addition, she also desires ivory bangles, a necklace, an anklet, and a beautiful scarf, all of which are linked to specific places where they are produced. The composition of the song is a freewheeling exploration of Raj Bhairavi. Its fast tempo, built through repetitions of phrases like nimbuda-numbuda, kacha-kacha, chhota-chhota, is set, for the most part, in Kalwara (8 beats), which is similar to the classical Kaharwa, except that it is more free in its exploration of the melody. Along with the Kalwara rhythm, which has no khali or unstressed spaces in the beats, Gazi also explores the slower Theka rhythm, also in eight beats. His dexterous interplay of melody and rhythm, punctured by the repetitive use of the onomatopoeic sound patterns, exemplifies the improvisational possibilities of the Manganiyar folk singing tradition.

credits

from Rajasthan: A Musical Journey, released July 8, 2013

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Rajrang by Rupayan image

Rajrang by Rupayan Jodhpur, India

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arna_Jharna_Museum

contact / help

Contact Rajrang by Rupayan

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

If you like Rajrang by Rupayan, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now