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Roysten Abel
"The Manganiyar Seduction"
Roysten Abel, a virtuoso in gestures, emotions and signales, collaborated for the first time with Manganiyar musicians, who are a caste of musicians who traditionally performed for the kings of Rajasthan in India. In "The Manganiyar Seduction" 43 musicians are seated in 36 red-curtained cubicles arranged in four horizontal rows one on top of the other; and the concert begins when a single cubicle lights up and the first singer begins his song. Soon another cubicle lights up and then another thus creating a dramatic and astounding build-up of musical instruments and voice as young men, women, children and the elderly of the Manganiyar community take you into a world which is even beyond yours or their own.
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