Indian - Hungarian Folk Parallels Dil Mastana

• 1 Hichaki 08:05
• 2 Akhiya 08:00
• 3 Over the Water On Slovakian Land 06:37
• 4 Charko 07:22
• 5 Kotal Gorlo 06:36
• 6 Piya Tosu 05:36
• 7 My Sweet Gregory 03:22
• 8 Nimbura 06:51
• 9 Down On The Pass 06:16
• 10 Rangi Rangi Bana 06:31
• 11 Mario To Jayo-Jayo 03:40
• 12 Chap Tilak 09:28
• 13 Holeless Pipe Song With Dholak 05:10
• 14 Biroji Telio Mel 08:02
• Total Runtime 01:31:36

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“their performance evoked the feeling in me that I have come to the origins of not only folk music, but MUSIC itself” “their performance evoked the feeling in me that I have come to the origins of not only folk music, but MUSIC itself”

"This album is a special individual project which grew out of my friendship with some Langa musicians from Rajasthan. The musical recording presents parallel characteristics between two geographically distant folk music traditions: the Transylvanian- Hungarian Csángó (pron. Chango) of Gyimes and Moldavia, and the North-Indian Rajastani vocal and instrumental repertoire. The tunes evoking similar musical moods are naturally-linked, one after the other. The happy, lively Rajasthani folk melodies are a nice addition to the often sad tone of the Hungarian folk songs." (Judit Ábrahám)

Dil Mastana:
Bachu Khan, vocal, khartal
Nijam Khan, dholak, harmonium, sarangi, double flute, ‘algooja’
Edu Khan, vocal, khartal
Guests:
Ábrahám Judit, vocal, hit-chello
Kerényi Róbert, whistle, kaval, holeless pipe

Dil Mastana Group
consists of performing artists belonging to the most notorious Rajasthani traditional music community, the Langas. Their melodies have preserved the ancient Indian musical tradition in its pure form. Their ancestors were professional musicians of the royal families and performed at weddings, childbirth celebrations and festivities. The repertoir displays the ornamented tunes of Rajasthani vocals in perfect musical harmony, accompanied by the echoing sound of “sindhi sarangi” and the rolling rhythm of tabla known from hindustani classical music.

History Members of Dil Mastana are A-class artists whom with their numerous festival performances in India and worldwide are distinctive representatives of the rich Indian musical tradition. Members of the group: Bachu Khan, and , Idu Khan: are A-class artists, members of Musafir and Maharaja have given concerts world-wide for several years.

The Manganiyar and Langa are both exclusively hereditary communities who make their livings as musical performers and genealogists for higher-caste patrons. Both groups are Muslim, but the Langa’s patrons are Muslim Sindhi Sipahis, whereas the Manganiyar’s patrons are mainly Hindus.

Manganiyars and Langas never intermarry with or teach their music to members of other Rajasthani communities. They speak of music being ‘in their blood’. Their repertoires overlap—having experienced cross-fertilisation at the training camps instituted by the eminent folklorist Komal Kothari and on performance tours abroad, also first promoted by Komal Kothari. Another factor which possibly contributes to similarities in their music is the likelihood that they are both remnants of a group which were originally of the Dholi musician caste from which they appear to have emerged as late as the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Musical Instruments The Langa’s main traditional instrument is the sindhi sarangi; Manganiyar’s is the kamaicha. Both are bowed stringed instruments with skin membrane sounding boards and many sympathetic strings. Both Langas and Manganiyars sing and play the dholak (double-headed barrel-drum), the kartal(wooded clappers), the morchan (jaws harp), and the ubiquitous harmonium.

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