The Trajectories of Transplants
Singing Alhā, Birhā , and the Rāmāyan in the Indic Caribbean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5260217 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Manuel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 115-154 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-9202 • E-ISSN: 1553-5630 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/amu.2012.0015 |
| OpenAlex | W2164391349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Indo-Caribbean music culture includes a stratum of traditional genres derived from North India's Bhojpuri region. This article discusses three such genres: Alhā-singing, an archaic form of birhā , and an antiphonal style of singing the Tulsidas Rāmcharitmānas . Despite the lack of supportive contact with the Bhojpuri region after 1917, these genres flourished until the 1960s, after which the decline of Bhojpuri as a spoken language in Trinidad and Guyana, together with the impact of modernity in general, undermined their vitality. A comparative perspective with North Indian counterparts reveals illuminating parallels and contrasts
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