Richard Widdess: 1 book
Dāphā: Sacred Singing in a South Asian City
Music, Performance and Meaning in Bhaktapur, Nepal
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Dāphā, or dāphā bhajan, is a genre of Hindu-Buddhist devotional singing, performed by male, non-professional musicians of the farmer and other castes belonging to the Newar ethnic group, in the towns and villages of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The songs, their texts, and their characteristic...
