Report from Rajasthan

Report by Komal Kothari on a survey and documentation of folklore in Sirohi district (Rajasthan) carried out by the Rupayan Sansthan and the National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai, which describes the music of different tribes and castes, and associated rituals, social relations, the roles of women, relations between classical and local traditions, and the musical lines emerging from cultural interaction and geographic continuity.