This article presents a powerful corpus derived from a Sindhi oral tradition, the bhaÑat. Born in Sindh (Pakistan), today it is practiced by Hindu narrators in Post Partion India. A series of six songs stated here are focused upon BhaÑat Kanvar Ram, very often mentioned by the current bhaÑat narrators. This essay shows his deep influence on this oral tradition in terms inspiration, authority and performance style. An innovative coding approach of the “oral texts ” offers to the reader a glimpse of the dynamics of a live performance. Initially, this essay was encompassed within a broader study on the bhaÑat tradition in the performance context.
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