On Wednesday, Amarrass will bring the folk music traditions of West Africa to the Capital with a performance by Dawda Jobarteh. RSVP to at Amarrass Nights: Folk strains from West Africa Janamasthmi celebrations with Krishna BhajansĨ pm onwards, August 27, Lodi - The Garden Restaurant, Lodhi Road.Įntry by invitation. There is no songbook, it’s all in their own heads,” says Sharma. “Lakhaji can sing the entire night praises of Krishna by Meerabai or it could be complete with Sufi poetry from Bulleh Shah or folk songs from Sindh or Punjab. The repertoire is endless and the range of text is wide. “Our patrons have been Hindus, so we learnt Krishna bhajans of Surdas and Meerabai for them.” “Ram Rahim, dono ka rasta accha lagta hai (Both the ways, of Ram and Rahim, is fine for us,” says Khan. The Manganiyars and Langas are Muslim communities and the former performed for Hindu patrons, while the latter for Muslim patrons.
The Manganiyars, as the name suggests, traditionally asked for alms in lieu of performances at marriages, deaths and births in the courts of Rajputs, their traditional jajman or patrons.
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