Dancing with devtas: drums, power and possession in the music of Garhwal, North India
Andrew Alter
Dancing with devtas: drums, power and possession in the music of Garhwal, North India
Author
Andrew AlterPublisher
AshgateEdition 1
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Title and Author
Dancing with devtas: drums, power and possession in the music of Garhwal, North India / Andrew AlterPublication Details
آلدرشات : Ashgate، 2008مPhysical Description
xxiii, 277 p.: ill.; 24 cm.Subject
Music -- India Garhwal History and criticismDrum -- India Garhwal Performance
Music, Influence of -- India Garhwal
series
(SOAS musicology series؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 142 - 752(, discography )p. 952 - 062(, and index.
Contents
Contextualising the study. Sounding the drum: power and meaning in the context of performance ; Dev bhumi: land of the gods ; Caste groups and instrumentalists ; Performance genres and dance practice ; Musical instruments in Garhwal ; dhol sagar: the ocean of drumming -- Analysis and description of musical events: musical power in the context of performance. Drumming associated with pandavalila ; Music in the context of wedding celebrations ; The pawara of kirthipal and kunjepal