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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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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Gavari: The Unwritten Epic of a Mewari Tribe by Lokesh Paliwal, ICH Courier, September 2017 Kalika is a Hindu goddess. Also known as Ambav and Gauri, she is a symbol of energy and female power for which she is worshipped by Bhil tribe of Mewar in a forty-day ritual called Gavari. The timeless, spiritually-motivated, and …
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“Rediscovering Gavari” coverage by MIGTV – shot at ??RG2016’s??opening Gangaur Ghat series