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Music of Yakshagana -Tenkutittu

Balipa Narayana
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Photograph by Purshottama Bilimale. Courtesy of the Purushottama Bilimale Collection at ARCE.
Photograph by Purshottama Bilimale. Courtesy of the Purushottama Bilimale Collection at ARCE.
Photograph by Purshottama Bilimale. Courtesy of the Purushottama Bilimale Collection at ARCE.
Photograph by Purshottama Bilimale. Courtesy of the Purushottama Bilimale Collection at ARCE.
Poorvaranga - the prelude to a Yakshagana performance.
Photograph by Purshottama Bilimale. Courtesy of the Purushottama Bilimale Collection at ARCE.
An episode from the Ramayana of a Tenkutittu Yakshagana performance.
Photograph by Purshottama Bilimale. Courtesy of the Purushottama Bilimale Collection at ARCE.
Oddalagu - a court scene with which most Yakshagana plays begin. The musicians can be seen in the background. Photograph by Purshottama Bilimale. Courtesy of the Purushottama Bilimale Collection at ARCE.
The famous Bhagwat Balipa Narayana.
Photograph by Purshottama Bilimale. Courtesy of the Purushottama Bilimale Collection at ARCE.
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Yakshagana(the song of the Yaksas-the divine beings) is the traditional theatre form of Karnataka and has a history of more than four hundred years. Yakshagana is essentially a folk theatre form, but elements of classical Sanskrit dramaturgy can be discerned. Yakshagana has been the popular theatrical form in the whole of Karnataka. In the yakshagana performed today, two main variants are recognized. The style that is prevalent in the south of coastal Karnataka is called tenkutittu. This album contains a performance by Balipa Narayana Bhagwat. He is the last of the traditional yakshagana singers, who, not having microphones, sing in a typical high pitch to project to an audience of hundreds in the open. The traditional style is now popularly known as balipa style. The Bhagwat is the main singer and narrator in a Yakshagana performance.

Track Listing

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Mudalinda ninna (With happiness I pray to you Ganesha.. An invocation) Balipa Narayana 3:55
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102
Poorvaranga song - Chikka prayaga bala (Poorvaranga - Oh clever young woman) Balipa Narayana 2:28
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103
Oddologa - O Deva Devara Deva (Oddologa - Oh god of gods!) Balipa Narayana 2:31
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104
Yarelle hudigi ninu (Oh girl, who are you?) Balipa Narayana 1:12
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Jai mangalu (Mangalam: End of Episode) Balipa Narayana 1:51

Album Info

Catalog Number

ARCE00024

Year(s) Released

2002

Label/Collection

Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE)

Genre(s)

India; World

Country(s)

India

Instrument(s)

Chenda; Jagate; Maddale; Vocals

Language(s)

Kannada

Credit(s)

Purushottam Billimale - Recorder, Collector

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