Tejaji Ballad (A-027)
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Abstract
The collection consists of audio recordings along with related photographs and videos. The project was mainly based on recording 20 hours of the Tejaji Ballad sung by the Mali (gardeners) community of the village Thikarda. But along with Thikarda, nightlong recordings were also done in some 23 other villages of Hadoti and surrounding region for a comparative study.
Description
Talwas is famous for its fair and snake procession in which men goes into the jungle, finds a snake and carry it to the Tejaji Shrine in a procession while singing the Tejaji Ballad. They believe that it is incarnation of Delwarji (Snake deity). The village also stages Tejaji-ka-khel (i.e. Drama based on Tejaji’s life) during the fair. Here the fair starts tree days after the Teja-Dashmi festival.
