The SIDI Malunga project. Rejuvenating the African musical bow in India
Description
This 42-minute documentary chronicles a one-week malunga training camp held at Desert Coursers Nature Resort in Zainabad, Gujarat in February 2003. Prior research by the Jairazbhoys had revealed that fewer than ten Sidis (African Indians) could still play the instrument, all of them elderly. The purpose of the camp was to bring together some of these elders to teach the basic techniques of malunga construction and performance to 16 Sidi youths, selected from different parts of Gujarat. Scenes include: assembling 16 malunga bows especially made for the camp group instruction in playing techniques along with singing and dancing, worship at a Sufi shrine in natural context, spontaneous comic disco dancing, brief excerpts from the final costumed Sidi performance, interviews with the students, concludes with a return to Gujarat one year later to evaluate the impact of the camp on the participants.
Runtime
43 minutes
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
Similar Films
Songs of Freedom, Episode 4
Bahamas. Eleuthera
Gnawa Music - Body and Soul
Pinchas Zukerman and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pajarillo, Pajarillo. Improvisation
Arnold Schoenberg. My Evolution
Primary music. Sing a song
Late Night Lime. Hans Hanoomansingh & Narsaloo Ramaya. Episode 10
Boulez x 3. Management and contemporary music. Part I
Bill Moyers Journal
Georgia. Atlanta
Chopin
All our children. Episode 9
Marketplace Africa. April 22, 2016. [279]
Paño moruno