Department of Anthropology
San Diego State University

Non-specialist women in Ranikhet, Uttaranchal, northern India, performing in a
traditional pre-wedding send-off of the groom in 1995.

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1. Harikirtan from Sundarpur, (suburb of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)

2. Purvi from Chapra, Bihar: "Beti Becawa," sung by Vyas Vyas

3. Purvi from Varanasi: "Calakal Gagaria," sung by Smt. Usha Bhatt

Recorded by Edward O. Henry in 1971, 1978, and 1999.
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