Jan 14 2023 to Jan 14 2023 4 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore Creative Circus

12/2, Yeshwantpur Industrial Suburb, Bangalore 560022

Event Description

‘The Songs of my Ancestors’ is a musical performance by Urban Folk Project, curated by Shilpa Mudbi. This set comprises songs in Bidari ( a dialect of Kannada with influences of Dakhani and Marathi ) from north Karnataka, that are sung at important junctures in life, especially in the lives of women. Most of these songs were taught to Shilpa by her grandmother, Gundamma. The language and imagery of these songs are specific to the culture around Bidar district, North Karnataka. Shilpa attempts to weave the lifestyle and landscape of a time that her grandmother lived in, through songs about birth and death, work and stress, the mundane and miracles, celebrations and togetherness. This performance is a tribute to her grandmother who is now no more. Shilpa with a few of her students invites the audience to partake in the singing of these songs to commemorate her grandmother's memory who passed away early this year. It is the ability to build a sense of community that has passed from the very memory of Gundamma’s life and women with her and the ones who came before her. Urban folk project with this set reiterates that folk forms do not belong in a proscenium format (unlike classical forms), but rather belong amidst ‘folk’.