Tag: Rajasthan

  • Lambi Judaai – Reshma

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    Lambi Judaai – Reshma Lambi Judaai – Reshma Reshma was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan to a Banjara (Gypsy) family around 1947. She did not receive any formal education and spent much of her childhood singing at the mazars (shrines) of the mystic saints of Sindh. She once said in an interview, “I was born in a family of saudagars (traders) in…

  • Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan

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    Songs and dances are an expression of the Kalbelia community’s traditional way of life. Once professional snake handlers, Kalbelia today evoke their former occupation in music and dance that is evolving in new and creative ways. Today, women in flowing black skirts dance and swirl, replicating the movements of a serpent, while men accompany them…