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Performance and identity in Jaunsari Puja drumming

Utter, Hans Frederick
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1400151972

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2006, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
This study is based upon field research conducted in Hanol, a Jaunsari village in the Western Himalayan region of India. The daily puja ceremonies in Hanol are central to the social and spiritual life of the community; ritual drumming is a central component of this ceremony. During the ceremony, the Bajgis, hereditary musicians, perform a series of talas (rhythmic cycles) that bring the spirit of the deity into oracles known as bakis or malis. The temporally and spatially bounded region of performance is a field for the negotiation of identity: the Bajgis are defined reflexively and socially through their drumming, as are the Brahmins by their priestly duties. A variety of ethnographic methods are employed to analyze the religious belief systems, the performer and audience relationship, and reflexive methodologies of participation/observation. The intersubjective nature of this event results from the multiplex of interpretive frames that intersect in its bounded space. Performative activity brings together the fields of self-¬awareness, identity, both personal and collective, the physical process of the body in performance, knowledge and belief systems, all of which culminate in the musical sound.
Margarita Mazo (Advisor)
162 p.
Music

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  • Utter, H. F. (2006). Performance and identity in Jaunsari Puja drumming [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1400151972

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Utter, Hans. Performance and identity in Jaunsari Puja drumming. 2006. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1400151972.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Utter, Hans. "Performance and identity in Jaunsari Puja drumming." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1400151972

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