Musical and cultural interaction in tribal India: The 'karam' repertory of the Mundas of Chotanagpur

This is a study of the musical and cultural interaction of the Mundas, an adivasi (tribal, aboriginal) group of east-central India, with Hindu caste communities living in the same region. Over the last three hundred years, Hindu and Muslim outsiders, whom Mundas call diku (alien, exploiter), moved into Mundari lands and gained dominance over Mundas and other adivasis. Although the Mundas consider the outsiders unwelcome intruders, they have borrowed their music and dances, segregating them into a communal song and dance repertory of the monsoon season called karam, from the Hindu karma. In this study, the karam complex of music, dance, and festivals is studied within its ethnographic, historical, and musical contexts and interpreted within the framework of the larger issue of tribal culture change in India.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Musicology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Babiracki, Carol Marie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Nettl, Bruno
• Capwell, Charles

• Anthropology, Cultural
• Folklore
• Dance
• Music

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Babiracki, Carol Marie

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9136533
(UMI)AAI9136533

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22652