From left to right:
| Hakam Khan | singer, kamaica |
| Fakir Khan | dholak, sings |
The principal stringed instrument played by the Manganiyars is the kamaica, the bowl-shaped, short-necked bowed lute (see next picture). Manganiyars use the double-conical drum dholak for rhythmic accompaniment.
| Date: | 5/3/94 |
| Slides: | 94/I/22-5 |
| Tapes: | INP94/4 |
Music example: rag Sorath, doha (end) and beginning of a song in praise of a jagirdar.
A doha is a short verse which, in this context, may be sung as an introduction to a song in the same mode or rag. Its words may be in praise of the rag itself. The dholak does not accompany the doha but begins to play when the song proper starts.
Music example: rag Sorath, doha (end) and beginning of a song in praise of a jagirdar. [Same example as previous.]
From left to right:
| Ghazi Khan Manganiyar | sings |
| Luna Khan M. (brother of Ghazi) | kamaica & sings |
| Amad Khan M. (brother of Ghazi) | kamaica & sings |
| Gani Khan M. | dholak |
| Samadar Khan M. | kartal |
| Fakir Khan | dholak |
Ghazi was the most flamboyant of all the musicians I recorded in Jodhpur. For two of his accompanists, see next.
| Date: | 7/3/94 |
| Slides: | 94/J/1-12 |
| Tapes: | INP94/5 |
Music example: rag Sorath, "Dhumaladi".
| Luna Khan | kamaica |
A close up of the kamaica player from the group accompanying Ghazi Khan.
Music example: rag Sorath, "Dhumaladi". [Same example as previous.]
From the group accompanying Ghazi Khan. The kartal comprises two pairs of concussion plaques, one pair held in each hand. The playing technique is extremely virtuosic and involves very rapid, castanet-like rhythms. For a close-up of the instrument see next.
| Date: | 7/3/94 |
| Slides: | 94/J/1-12 |
| Tapes: | INP94/5 |
