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Synopsis. In the Indian desert, Moti sings out to be free from the shackles of old customs. After a musical journey of his own, he realizes where his music belongs. Moti Kahn, a 12-year-old Indian boy, is talented in singing. He loves singing the Manganiyar songs, a big part of which has been the long-time tradition of artist-hereditary patron ...
This is the story of a boy who’s the first person in his village ever to go abroad and spread the spirit of his people. Divided into chapters and punctuated by traditional Manganiar songs, Pearl of the Desert provides fascinating insight into the traditions, customs and etiquette of this Muslim caste. But above all, for Moti the adventure is ...
Oct 18, 2019 · Pearl of the Desert: Directed by Pushpendra Singh. With Moti Khan Manganiyar, Nijre Khan Manganiyar, Anwar Khan Manganiyar. Moti Khan, a musically gifted child from the lower caste Muslim Manganiyars of the Thar Desert, is forced to sing and play music for their ancestral patrons in order to survive.
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- 2019-10-18
Jan 25, 2022 · Pearl of the Desert is the most comprehensive history of this fabled ancient city in English. Assimilating the rich archaeological and literary evidence, Rubina Raja unfolds the story chronologically, from the earliest evidence of settlement in the Bronze Age to Palmyra's rise as an urban center in the late Hellenistic and Roman periods, its ...
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- Rubina Raja
Aug 13, 2022 · Pearl of the Desert: A History of Palmyra, Rubina Raja, Oxford University Press, Hardback, £19.99, ISBN 978-0190852221. Review by Jennifer A Baird. Palmyra has long been considered the jewel of Syria. In recent years, the site – which is internationally well-known for its monumental remains – has become infamous after those remains were ...
Pearl of the Desert is a documentary film set in the beautiful barren expanse of the Thar desert and is about a community of lower class Muslims Manganiyars. Historically marginalised and forced into depending on their patrons for sustenance, Manganiyars are musicians and are mostly found in weddings and other ceremonies, playing to an indifferent crowd. The Manganiyars cut their crops (opium usually) while singing songs passed down from rich oral traditions, while their children play ...
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Moti Khan, a musically gifted child from the lower caste Muslim Manganiyars of the Thar Desert, is forced to sing and play music for their ancestral patrons in order to survive, even though he finds it humiliating. Sattar, his father, wants Moti to study and make a career outside music. But Moti aspires to be a successful singer so that he is ...
