Dancing with devtās
Subtitle: drums, power and possession in the music of Garhwal, North India
By: Andrew Alter.
Series: SOAS musicology series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780754656692
Subjects: Music -- India -- Garhwāl -- History and criticism.; Drum -- Performance -- India -- Garhwāl.; Music, Influence of -- India -- Garhwāl.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257), discography (p. 259-260), and index.
Table of contents: value: Contextualising the study. Sounding the drum: power and meaning in the context of performance ; Dev bhūmi: land of the gods ; Caste groups and instrumentalists ; Performance genres and dance practice ; Musical instruments in Garhwal ; dhol sāgar: the ocean of drumming; value: Analysis and description of musical events: musical power in the context of performance. Drumming associated with pāñdavalīlā ; Music in the context of wedding celebrations ; The pawārā of kirthipal and kunjepal.