The Manganiar or Manganhar are a community found in Sindh and Rajasthan. They are groups of hereditary professional musicians whose music has been supported by wealthy landlords and aristocrats for generations. They are known for their folk music of various compositions describing stories focused on humans, nature, and salvation.[1]
Manghanhar
Manganiar children performing with their guru at Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur at World Sufi Spirit Festival in 2016.
Manganhar originated from the words mangan, which means "to beg", and hār which means "a garland of flowers."[1]
HistoryEdit
The Manganhars are renowned as folk musicians of the Thar desert. Their songs are passed on from generation to generation as a form of oral history of the desert. The traditional Jajman (patrons) of the Manganhar are the locally dominant Rajput and Charan communities.[2]
InstrumentsEdit
Kamaicha The 17-string khamaycha is a bowed instrument. Made of mango wood, its rounded resonator is covered with goat skin. Three of its strings are goat intestine while the other 14 strings are steel.
Khartaal The khartaal is a kind of castanet made of teak. Its name is derived from "Khar", meaning hand, and "Taal", meaning rhythm.
Dholak The dholak is a hand drum similar in timbre to a bongo. A dholak may have traditional lacing or turnbuckle tuning. The dholak has a simple membrane and a handle on the right hand side. The left hand membrane has a special coating on the inner surface. This coating is a mixture of tar, clay and sand (dholak masala) which lowers the pitch.
^ abAbbas, Shemeem Burney (4 June 2010). The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual: Devotional Practices of Pakistan and India. University of Texas Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN978-0-292-78450-5.
^"Musafir". LA Phil. Retrieved 30 May 2022. Manghaniyars, like Langas, are sedentary Muslims whose home extends over the border into Pakistan, but their patrons are mostly Hindu Rajputs (a high caste) and Hindu Charans (a caste of poets, bards, and historians).
External linksEdit
manganhar.com
"Rhythms of Rajasthan" Preservation Project
Smithsonian Folkways
September 21, 2023
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