Exhibit

Virtual: Singing the Story of Dhrangadhra

Women's Voices in a Rajput Court
A montage of 6 images of Indian women, including a group of women in saris sit outside sifting grain, and others posing by themselves or in pairs.
Women of the zenana featured in the documentary film A Zenana (1979).
Credit: Courtesy Jayasinhji “Bapa” Jhala.
A montage of 6 images of Indian women, including a group of women in saris sit outside sifting grain, and others posing by themselves or in pairs.

Through Wednesday, Jun 30, 2027

Open to the public

Location

Virtual
Loeb Music Library
3 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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For centuries, the women of Dhrangadhra, in Western India, played a special role in singing stories of genealogy, life, and death. Much (but not all) of this activity took place within the walls of the zenana, an all-women's palace where many of Dhrangadhra's most important oral traditions were upheld. This exhibit features the sounds of these women's voices and their location in the zenana as well as some other parts of the palace, providing a glimpse into the wider collection of Dhrangadhra music found in the Archive of World Music of Harvard's Loeb Music Library.

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