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Cousins Ujjwal Mitra Thakur and Milan Mitra Thakur talk about how time seems to stand still in Mainadal.

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Title as given by the source: Cousins Ujjwal Mitra Thakur and Milan Mitra Thakur talk about how time seems to stand still in Mainadal. They watch Bake’s silent film of kirtan and comment on it. I ask them about Mongoldihi, where Bake also recorded kirtan. Ujjwal mentions songs particular to Mainadal, such as the ‘daagi’ or precious song ‘Badashi’ (Bake Cylinder 61). Interestingly, this song is no longer identified as Badashi on the BLSA catalogue, but it has become ‘Gitagovinda by Jayadeva; Sarga 10, Gita 19 in raga Desvarali’. Nothing wrong here, except that the locals have been denied their own name for the song. Even Arnold Bake’s name for his recording has been erased. In this track, Ujjwal also asks about our intention as researchers. The above recordings were made by Sukanta Majumdar.
Place: DhakaLocation is approximate — known to district level.
Date: August 2014
Collection: The Travelling Archive
Persistent ID: BDMA-R-000379

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APA: Cousins Ujjwal Mitra Thakur and Milan Mitra Thakur talk about how time seems to stand still in Mainadal. They watch Bake’s silent film of kirtan and comment on it. I ask them about Mongoldihi, where Bake also recorded kirtan. Ujjwal mentions songs particular to Mainadal, such as the ‘daagi’ or precious song ‘Badashi’ (Bake Cylinder 61). Interestingly, this song is no longer identified as Badashi on the BLSA catalogue, but it has become ‘Gitagovinda by Jayadeva; Sarga 10, Gita 19 in raga Desvarali’. Nothing wrong here, except that the locals have been denied their own name for the song. Even Arnold Bake’s name for his recording has been erased. In this track, Ujjwal also asks about our intention as researchers. The above recordings were made by Sukanta Majumdar.. (2014). The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000379 Original: https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/mainadal-first-time/
Chicago: "Cousins Ujjwal Mitra Thakur and Milan Mitra Thakur talk about how time seems to stand still in Mainadal. They watch Bake’s silent film of kirtan and comment on it. I ask them about Mongoldihi, where Bake also recorded kirtan. Ujjwal mentions songs particular to Mainadal, such as the ‘daagi’ or precious song ‘Badashi’ (Bake Cylinder 61). Interestingly, this song is no longer identified as Badashi on the BLSA catalogue, but it has become ‘Gitagovinda by Jayadeva; Sarga 10, Gita 19 in raga Desvarali’. Nothing wrong here, except that the locals have been denied their own name for the song. Even Arnold Bake’s name for his recording has been erased. In this track, Ujjwal also asks about our intention as researchers. The above recordings were made by Sukanta Majumdar.." Recorded in Dhaka. 2014. The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra, BDMA-R-000379. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000379. Original at https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/mainadal-first-time/.
Persistent URL: https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000379

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