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It is more than just a piece of paper

Thank you for visiting Ephemera Speaks to Dance. As you step away from your device, I urge you to notice ephemera around you. With the shift from paper to digital, information is disseminated in a fast paced, attention grabbing method, but what happens when we are mindful of a slower process of dissemination, through printed words? How does the ephemera around you speak to your interests and passions? Whether this be a to-do list, or a card you received, these tell a story about you, culture, time and space.


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Natya Sudha II. Presented by Tara Rajkumar & Company. Supported by Victorian Ministry for the Arts and Australia Council. Alberta Park, Canada. September 14th- 17th, 1989. Sunil Kothari Collection. Diaspora Folder.

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      • Morning Ragas
        • Jogiya (Early morning)
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        • Ahir Bhairav (Early morning)
        • Todi (Morning)
        • Komal Re Asavari (Late morning)
        • Alhaiya Bilawal (Late morning)
        • Bhairavi - Surnaiya Langa
        • Bhairavi (Late morning)
        • Lalit (Dawn)
        • Jaunpuri (Late Morning)
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        • Shuddha Sarang (Early afternoon)
        • Pilu (Late afternoon)
        • Bhimpalasi (Late afternoon)
        • Multani (Late Afternoon)
      • Evening Ragas
        • Yaman kalyan (Early evening)
        • Tilak kamod (Early evening)
        • Bhupali (Early evening)
        • Raga Kalyan- Manganiar
        • Soob - Manganiar
        • Durga (Late evening)
        • Jaijaivanti (Late Evening)
      • Night Ragas
        • Bahar (Early night)
        • Shankara (Late night)
        • Kafi (Late night)
        • Maru Bihag (Night)
        • Darbari Kanada (Midnight)
        • Malkauns (Midnight)
      • Sunrise and Sunset Ragas
        • Shree (Dusk)
        • Lalit (Dawn)
    • SEASON
      • Basant Bahar
      • Hindol
      • Shree (Autumn)
      • Grishma (Summer)
        • Nat
      • VARSHA (Monsoon)
        • Miyan ki Malhar
        • Megh
        • Raga Goond Malhar - Manganiar
      • SHARAD (Autumn)
        • Gauri
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  • Ritual Traditions
    • Vedic Chanting
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  • Life Cycle Events
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      • Palna
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    • Puberty Rituals
      • Sunnat
      • Janeu Git (Thread Ceremony)
      • Mundan
    • Weddings
      • Mangal geet
      • Lagnageet
      • Dantem
      • Wedding Songs of Langas and Manganiar
        • Toranio
        • Mehndi
        • Banna
        • Ambavadi
        • Dhumaladi
        • Beesoo ro Badlo
      • Singhola Ban
      • Erss
    • Death
      • Tamang Death Ritual
  • Work Songs
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    • Agricultural Songs
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      • O Bele
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  • Narrative traditions and oral epics
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        • Abo Tani
    • Villupattu: The Bow Song Tradition
      • Villupattu in the Archives
        • Arnold Bake Collection
        • Instruments - Jairazbhoy Collection
          • The Bow (Villu)
          • Hourglass Drum (Udukkai)
          • Blocks (Kattai)
          • Pot (Kutam)
          • Cymbals (Jalra)
      • The Festival: Kotai
        • Manuscripts
        • Possession
        • Nancil Nadu
      • Birth Songs
        • Story of Vallarakkan/Sasta
          • Episode 1 - Siva Gives Boon to Vallarakkan
          • Episode 2 - Vallarakkan Threatens Siva
          • Episode 3 - Mohini Kills Vallarakkan
          • Episode 4 - Birth of Sasta
        • Marriage of Muttupattan
          • Episode 1 - Muttupattan meets Pummakkal & Tummakkal
          • Episode 2 - Conditions for marriage
          • Episode 3 - What is caste, Maama?
          • Episode 4 - Wedding of Muttupattan
      • Death Songs
        • The Death of the Little Brothers (Tampimar Story)
    • Exhibit - Annanmar Katai
      • Transcribing the Oral
        • Annanmar Katai in Animation and Comic Books
        • Brenda Beck's books on the Annanmar Katai
        • Tamil Transcription of the Performance
        • Pregnant Queen Episode
      • Epic Nuggets
        • Udukkai and the Archive
          • Udukkai - 1983 - Nazir Jairazbhoy Collection
          • Udukkai - 1938 - Arnold Bake Collection
        • Bad Omens
        • Narrating the Epic in Contemporary Times
        • Kongu Region
      • Performing the Epic
        • Annanmar Katai at the World Tamil Conference
        • Contexts of Performance
        • Udukkai and Jalra - Instruments
        • Styles of Songs
        • Rhythmic Patterns
      • The Story through Songs
        • Seven Deaths of Tamarai
        • Love Stories
          • Kompan and Viratankal
          • Tamarai and Kunnutaiyya
          • Pair of Parrots
        • Laments
        • Lullabies
          • Campuka's Lullaby
    • Andhra Pradesh
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    • Ao Naga story telling
    • Manbhatt
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    • Rajasthan
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      • Biyavalo
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    • Karnataka
      • Kamsale: Mangala roti yetti
      • Chaudike Pada
      • Burra Katha
      • Paddana
      • Jogi Kathe
  • Devotional Music
    • Bhajan / Kirtan Traditions
      • Pushti Margi Kirtan
      • Sikh Kirtan
      • Nirguni Bhajans
      • Sopanam Sangeetam
    • Sufi devotional music
      • Maulud
      • Wai
      • Qawwali
      • Rifai Ratib of Sri Lanka
      • Sufiana Qalam
    • Baul Fakiri
    • Hymns
      • Tamil Christian Hymns
  • AIIS AFCP Project : Documentation of Endangered Musical Traditions of Western Rajasthan
  • AIIS AFCP Project : DOWNLOAD REVIVAL AND PRESERVATION OF BALLADS AND ORAL EPIC
EXHIBITIONS
  • Ephemera speaks to Dance: A Journey Through the Collection of Sunil Kothari
    • Ephemera Speaks to Dance
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    • Classical Dance
      • Festival of India in USSR
      • Bharatnatyam in the diaspora
    • Crossover and Collaboration
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      • Ramli Ibrahim
        • Amorous Delights
        • Ramli in Konark
    • Dancing beyond the classical - new expressions of dance in India
      • WITHIN
      • IGNITE festival of Indian dance
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        • Chandralekha, Choreographic works
        • Chandra– In Other Voices
    • Our Dance, Their Dance in the Diaspora
      • Lata Pada
        • Revealed by Fire
        • Sampradaya Dance Creations
      • Site of Departure, Source of Arrival
      • DanceIntense Toronto
      • KalaNidhi
    • It is more than just a piece of paper
  • Eternalizing the Ephemeral
  • Villupattu - the bow song tradition
  • Annanmar Katai - a Tamil Oral Epic
    • Arce Exhibition Timeline
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