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 …
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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“Guiding for Gavari” workshop II : Broadcast News Coverage Channel 6 Lake City News – September 17, 2018 Channel 91 News – September 17, 2018 Part II of the “Guiding for Gavari” workshop was organized by the Rediscovering Gavari Project team and sponsored by the Rajasthan Tourist Department to bring global recognition to the Mewari …
PRESS COVERAGE REPORT Thanks to support from the District Administration, RTD, TRI, UAVDA and many other players, the initial ???Guiding for Gavari??? workshop today began the series quite auspiciously. In the inaugural session Udaipur RTD director Sumita Saroch addressed nearly 40 veteran guides and eloquently welcomed their interest and enthusiastic participation in such tribal-focused programs. The …
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Upbeat 1st News Hindi coverage of RG 2018 featuring players, audience members and RG Collectorate organizer RTO director Manna Lal Rawat explaining the project’s objectives and importance, including the district administration’s hopes to establish Gavari season in Mewar as a destination tourism brand.
Spirited clip from the Goma & Meena dance drama depicting tribal brigands preparing to loot a temple during a drought. (FYI, they are fierce but they don’t get away with it.)
The ongoing Doshisha/Kyoto University socio-economic Gavari study we introduced back in late 2016 was finally unveiled at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics’ (SASE) 30th international conference in Kyoto last month. Prof. Sayaka Sakoda introduced the study and their preliminary findings with the presentation below and promised to continue this researcch in Mewar again …