Fwd:Reminder of Screening: Do Din Ka Mela @ Habitat Centre

[Rahul Roy]

Dear all,
We are pleased to invite you for a screening of our film Do Din Ka
Mela (details below). We will be present for a discussion after the
screening. Please do come and spread the word around.
Looking forward to seeing you,
Warmly,
Anjali and Jayasankar

Do Din Ka Mela
60 mins, Kutchi and Gujarati with English subtitles, 2009
Directed by Anjali Monteiro and KP Jayasankar
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Friday, 09 July 2010
19:00 - 21:00
Location:       Gul Mohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
New Delhi

“Nothing in the world will last – it is but a two day fair” sings Mura
Lala Fafal, drawing inspiration from the Sufi traditions of Sant Kabir
and Abdul Lateef Bhita’i. He is accompanied on the Jodiya Pava (double
flute) by his nephew Kanji Rana Sanjot. Kanji taught himself to play
and make his own flutes after hearing the music on the radio. Mura and
Kanji are Meghwals, a pastoral Dalit community that lives on the edge
of the Great Rann of Kutch, in the Western Indian state of Gujarat.
They are both daily wage labourers and subsistence farmers in an arid
zone. The film is a a two day journey into the music and every day
life of this uncle-nephew duo, set against the backdrop of the Rann.

The Great Rann of Kutch is a vast salt marsh/desert that separates
India and Pakistan. Before the Partition the Meghwals moved freely
across the Rann, between Sindh (now in Pakistan) and Kutch. The music
and culture of the region is a rich tapestry of many traditions and
faiths, an affirmation of the syncretic wisdom of the marginalised
comunities that live in this spectacular and yet fragile area.

Festival Screenings
Jean Rouch International Film Festival, Paris 2010
Goettingen International Ethnographic Film Festival, Germany 2010
JDCA Festival on Art and Artists, Orissa, India, 2010
Vibgyor Film festival, Kerala, India, 2010
Prakriti Film Festival, Jodhpur 2010
3rd International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala
Zanzibar International Film Festival 2010
Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival 2010

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Anjali Monteiro, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
K.P. Jayasankar, Ph.D., Professor
Centre for Media and Cultural Studies
Tata Institute of Social Sciences,  Deonar, Bombay 400 088, India
Phone:+91 22 2552 5661 and +91 22 2552 5660 (Work)
Fax:      +91 22 25525050    e-mail: cmcs.tiss[AT]gmail.com
URL: www.cmcs.tiss.edu
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