A digital archive on Kirtan is being developed to preserve the rich tradition of the devotional music form, which is on the verge of extinction in India, noted Indologist Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri said here on Thursday.
\nCalled \u2018Towards the History of Kirtan\u2019, the project aims at mapping and documenting the genre\u2019s evolution since the 12th century.
\n\u201cKirtan is on the verge of extinction. The archive hopes to trace the journey of kirtan music and lay it out for the future generations,\u201d Bhaduri said.
\nTo bring it to fruition, the Deepa Ghosh Research Foundation (DGRF) and Netaji Institute for Asian Studies are implementing the idea with support from the West Bengal government, said Bhaduri.
\n\u201cThere are complexities involved as there are kirtans which are sung only during specific events and some that are meant for all times. Even then there are further divisions \u2014 kirtans for daytime, for night,\u201d explained Bhaduri.
\nAlso, the manner of enunciation varies, he said, on the sidelines of a seminar on science behind yoga and meditation organised by the foundation.
\n\u201cSome are sung as \u2018ragas\u2019 and some as simple devotional chants. So the archive would have descriptions, music samples and textual history associated with each variety,\u201d Bhaduri said, adding an agreement will be inked soon between both the organisations.
\nIn the next six months, the first set of data would be put up on the digital archive.
\nKirtana or Kirtan originates in Sanskrit and means \u201cnarrating, reciting, telling, describing\u201d of an idea or story.It also refers to a genre of religious performance arts, connoting a musical form of narration or shared recitation, particularly of spiritual or religious ideas. It is devotional songs, typically about the life of Krishna, in which a group repeats lines sung by a leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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