The Spirit of the World ( On and Off)
A Famous Manganiar
He is considered an out cast and an untouchable in the Indian caste system. His perceived social status is so far from the truth. He is actually quite famous.
I have seen numerous images of him on Fickr and he is on YouTube as well. He is a manganiar; a folk singer of the Thar Desert, He is the keeper of stories from the days of Alexander the Great and the maharajas. He and his fellow musicians have survived because of the patronage from wealthy merchants in the caravan cities of the desert. He sings the songs of the desert and he fascinated me and many others.
The following video doesn't really do him justice. I was a crowd of one when I heard him softly sing his melancholy soulful song of the faraway desert of days gone by.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=If8C_W2GCcM
A Famous Manganiar
He is considered an out cast and an untouchable in the Indian caste system. His perceived social status is so far from the truth. He is actually quite famous.
I have seen numerous images of him on Fickr and he is on YouTube as well. He is a manganiar; a folk singer of the Thar Desert, He is the keeper of stories from the days of Alexander the Great and the maharajas. He and his fellow musicians have survived because of the patronage from wealthy merchants in the caravan cities of the desert. He sings the songs of the desert and he fascinated me and many others.
The following video doesn't really do him justice. I was a crowd of one when I heard him softly sing his melancholy soulful song of the faraway desert of days gone by.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=If8C_W2GCcM