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Ashini Ganesalingam, Clip 7: Music and Dancing at the Ganesha Procession

Collection: Ashini Ganesalingam Oral History
Date: Time Period: 1994-2010; 2010-08-03; Interview recorded on August 3, 2010 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder. Dimension: Total running time: 00:01:04
Creator: Ashini Ganesalingam interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:16073 ganesalingam_ashini_clip7

Description: Ashini describes music and dancing at the Ratha Yatra procession during the Sri Ganesha Chaturthi festival. She describes the different instruments musicians play and the improvisational nature of the music. People walk, dance, and chant along the route.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:16061

Creator : Ashini Ganesalingam interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1994-2010; 2010-08-03; Interview recorded on August 3, 2010

Summary/Description : Ashini describes music and dancing at the Ratha Yatra procession during the Sri Ganesha Chaturthi festival. She describes the different instruments musicians play and the improvisational nature of the music. People walk, dance, and chant along the route.

Subject : Festivals; Hindu music; Dance; Hindu temples; Hindu Temple Society of North America, NY

Rights : Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Flushing, New York, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder.; Total running time: 00:01:04

Identifier : aql:16073 ganesalingam_ashini_clip7

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Festivals; Hindu music; Dance; Hindu temples; Hindu Temple Society of North America, NY

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Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.


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