Portraits of performers shot by Waswo at his studio in Varda, on the outskirts of Udaipur. (Photographs courtesy: Waswo X Waswo (with Rajesh Soni) Gauri: The enigmatic opera Sep 2019 by Avantika Bhuyan Sourced from Livemint.com A new book by Waswo X. Waswo, published by Mapin, documents the little-known world of Gauri performers The only English-language …
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Stephen Kries is a gifted German photographer and documentarian on a mission to unveil, celebrate and preserve extraordinary indigenous cultures. The RGP team invited him to Udaipur during the 2018 Gavari season and the festival instantly enchanted him. During his brief visit he captured Gavari’s essential magic and now plans to return and create a …
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The Rediscovering Gavari Project’s (RGP) team’s new bilingual Gavari introduction was launched by Rajasthan Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Singh Bamniya, local MLAs and other dignitaries at Mohanlal Sukhadia University on February 17, 2019. The launch took place during the Mewar-Vagad-Malva Janjatiya Vikas Sansthan’s tribal award event, which is annually staged to celebrate outstanding achievements …
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Udaipur Shines for Culture | World???s first interdisciplinary Gavari seminar held at MLSU By UdaipurTimes Team on October 10, 2018 MLSU???s College of Social Sciences & Humanities hosted an unprecedented Gavari symposium featuring a broad array of Gavari authorities & enthusiasts and MLSU VC J.P. Sharma to inaugurate their new academic assembly hall on October 6th. Aditi …
On Saturday, Oct 6th from 1:00 to 6:00 pm, Mohanlal Sukhadia University’s College of Social Science & Humanities & RGP 2018 will host the world’s first interdisciplinary seminar on Gavari culture. This unprecedented event will feature a broad array of authoritative (and entertaining!) voices as well as original Gavari photography & mixed media creations from …
One of the biggest threats to Gavari’s future is its waning support among “educated” Bhil youth who rarely see any reflection of their culture or respect for their traditions in the local schools. The Rediscovering Gavari Project has thus been hoping to introduce Gavari’s inspiring artistry and messages via Udaipur flagship schools to awaken local …
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