-
Manage No VC00000046 Country Nepal Year 2017 Copyright Music Museum of Nepal (MMN), ICHCAP Attach File View 1
| Description | DVD2_NEPAL'S HEREDITARY MUSICIAN CASTES The four hereditary musician castes of Nepal are Damai, Gandharba, Kapali, and Badi. The most visible of these are the Damai and the Gandharba musicians. The Kapali are temple musicians and the Badi are drum makers. Damai are required to play for the goddess of the ruling class and also to play at all types of ceremonies and rites of passage, such as weddings and Bratabhandha. They perform in a group known as a panchai baajaa, which is composed of nine musicians playing seven different musical instruments representing the five universal elements of earth, water, fire, air, and sky, of which all matter and living things are composed. The tyamko represents earth, the damaha represents water, the jhurma represents fire, the dholaki represents air, and the narasingaa, sahane, and karnal represent the sky. Panchai baajaa music is believed to keep the elements in balance and harmony and to result in therapeutic musical healing. The Gandharba or Gaine caste musicians traditionally travel from village to village and door to door singing bhajan (hymns), songs from the great Hindu epics, and karkha (historical songs of heroes and bravery), but also bring news. They accompany themselves by playing saarangi. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Information source
Materials related to
Videos
더보기-
VI00000588
Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Behuli Anmaune Dhun
Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Behuli Anmaune Dhun Performers: Rajan Pariyar, Mukesh Pariyar, Prakash Pariyar, Ramswonda Pariyar, Kedar Pariyar, Bishnu Pariyar, Ramsaran Pariyar, Bhakata Bahadur Pariyar Date of Recording: 1992 Caste: Damai Collector: Dan Bahadur Nepali Here, the Damai musicians of the Kavre district perform “Behuli Anmaune Dhun” on panchai baajaa. “Behuli Anmaune Dhun” is played at wedding ceremonies as the family of the bride bids farewell to the bride, groom, and the participants of the wedding ceremony. The procession then heads towards the groom's house playing and dancing to this tune. It is performed differently in different parts of Nepal. Instruments: panchai baajaa
08'05"
Nepal 1992 -
VI00000586
Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Behuli Magne Dhun
Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Behuli Magne Dhun Performers: Sankar Bahadur Pariyar, Mahendra Bahadur Pariyer, Bil Bahadur Pariyar, Manoj Pariyar, Suraj Bahadur Pariyar, Suman Pariyar, Dhurba Pariyar, Baburam Pariyar Date of Recording: 1991 Caste: Damai Collector: Dan Bahadur Nepali Here, the Damai musicians of Lamjung District perform “Behuli Magne Dhun” on panchai baja. During a wedding ceremony, the tune is performed while the groom and his family ask for the bride’s hand. It is believed that performance of such tunes during a wedding ceremony makes the bond between the husband and wife stronger. Instruments: panchai baajaa
06'11"
Nepal 1991 -
VI00000591
Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Folk Melodies in Sarangi and Jhamtaar
Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Folk Melodies in Sarangi and Jhamtaar Performers: Padam Gandharva, Surbahadur Gandharva Date of Recording: 1994 Caste: Gandharva Collector: Ram Prasad Kadel Here two Gandharva musicians, Padam Gandharva and Surbahadur, Gandharva, perform some popular folk tunes of Nepal in Sarangi and Jhamtaar. Both Gandharva are very famous musicians in their communities. Sarangi is a very popular string instrument of Nepal, whereas Jhamtar is a rare string instrument. The Music Museum of Nepal has filmed this video for its archive, which hosts various rare folk songs and dances of Nepal. Instrument: saarangi, jhamtaar
08'48"
Nepal 1994 -
VI00000590
Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Malsiri Raga in Panchai Baaja
Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Malsiri Raga in Panchai Baaja Performers: Dhan Bahadur Nepali and friends Date of Recording: 1998 Caste: Damai Collector: Ram Prasak Kadel “Maalashree Raga” is a special raga that is performed during Dashain to please different deities associated with the festival. The musical performance is usually carried out in popular temples and historical palaces by ethnic music groups such as Damai and Gandharva in their own traditional ways. Here, a popular Panchai Baja group of Nepal performs the raga in the premises of the Shiva temple Tripureshowr. This video shows Damai musicians playing various melodies on panchai baajaa. They are very skilled at switching seamlessly from one melody to the other. Instruments: panchai baajaa
06'34"
Nepal 1998
