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Dancing with Devtas: Drums, Power and Possession in the Music of Garhwal, North India

Dancing with Devtas: Drums, Power and Possession in the Music of Garhwal, North India

Alter, Andrew

Paperback

Series: Soas Studies in Music

ChemistryMusic ReferenceWorld Music

ISBN10: 113809241X
ISBN13: 9781138092419
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 14 2017
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
In the Central Himalayan region of Garhwal music is perceived as a powerful force. Through the powerful sounds of drumming, musicians cause the gods to dance in bodies of mediums. This occurs at many events when musicians use their music teleologically to 'dance the gods'. In other contexts, actors 'dance' the role of their character having become possessed by the spirit of their character/deity. In this book, Alter blends a carefully detailed analysis of drumming in conjunction with the complex ritual and social contexts of this sophisticated and semantically rich musical practice.

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