Singing the Story of Dhrangadhra: Women's Voices in a Rajput Court

Link

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active

How they describe themselves

exhibit

Blurb

For centuries, the women of Dhrangadhra, a Jhala kingdom in western India, played a special role in singing stories of genealogy, life and death. Much (but not all) of this activity took place within the walls of the zenana, an all-women’s palace where many of Dhrangadhra’s most important oral traditions were upheld. This exhibit features the sounds of these women’s voices and their location in the zenana as well as some other parts of the palace, providing a glimpse into the wider Collection of Dhrangadhra Music found in the Archive of World Music of the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library.

Creator(s)

Joe Kinzer

Steward(s)

Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University

Tools used

ArcGIS StoryMaps