SONGS OF MASHANGVA
Movies
1.5 hrs
October 23, 2012 7:00 pm Tuesday
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In the deep hills of northeast India, Christianity and pop culture has taken over the imagination of the Tangkhul tribes. Rewben Mashangva from Choithar village travels through the remote villages of the Tangkhul Naga to talk to the old people and collect songs and instruments. The rhythms, melodies and lyrics form links to his own music, which he describes as Naga Folk Blues. In his traditional “haokuirat” hairtsyle and western boots along with his 9 year old son Saka, he performs across india and southeast asia spreading the message that some songs have no end. The film was shot for more than one and half years at Rajasthan, Nagaland, Kolkatta, Shillong, Imphal and other villages of Manipur.

Organizer
documentary circle of hyderabad
doc.splash