Portraits of performers shot by Waswo at his studio in Varda, on the outskirts of Udaipur. (Photographs courtesy: Waswo X Waswo (with Rajesh Soni) Gauri: The enigmatic opera Sep 2019 by Avantika Bhuyan Sourced from Livemint.com A new book by Waswo X. Waswo, published by Mapin, documents the little-known world of Gauri performers The only English-language …
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Stephen Kries is a gifted German photographer and documentarian on a mission to unveil, celebrate and preserve extraordinary indigenous cultures. The RGP team invited him to Udaipur during the 2018 Gavari season and the festival instantly enchanted him. During his brief visit he captured Gavari’s essential magic and now plans to return and create a …
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The Rediscovering Gavari Project’s (RGP) team’s new bilingual Gavari introduction was launched by Rajasthan Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Singh Bamniya, local MLAs and other dignitaries at Mohanlal Sukhadia University on February 17, 2019. The launch took place during the Mewar-Vagad-Malva Janjatiya Vikas Sansthan’s tribal award event, which is annually staged to celebrate outstanding achievements …
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Udaipur Shines for Culture | World???s first interdisciplinary Gavari seminar held at MLSU By UdaipurTimes Team on October 10, 2018 MLSU???s College of Social Sciences & Humanities hosted an unprecedented Gavari symposium featuring a broad array of Gavari authorities & enthusiasts and MLSU VC J.P. Sharma to inaugurate their new academic assembly hall on October 6th. Aditi …
“Guiding for Gavari” workshop II : Broadcast News Coverage Channel 6 Lake City News – September 17, 2018 Channel 91 News – September 17, 2018 Part II of the “Guiding for Gavari” workshop was organized by the Rediscovering Gavari Project team and sponsored by the Rajasthan Tourist Department to bring global recognition to the Mewari …
PRESS COVERAGE REPORT Thanks to support from the District Administration, RTD, TRI, UAVDA and many other players, the initial ???Guiding for Gavari??? workshop today began the series quite auspiciously. In the inaugural session Udaipur RTD director Sumita Saroch addressed nearly 40 veteran guides and eloquently welcomed their interest and enthusiastic participation in such tribal-focused programs. The …
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