A field recording of Jain puja, ritual worship, issued as track 6 of "Religious Music of Asia," a 16-track anthology first released by the Ethnic Folkways Library of New York in 1967 (catalogue FE 4481) and later carried forward by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. The anthology spans several Asian religious traditions, and Smithsonian Folkways' own description of the record specifically notes "the absence of vocals in Jainist worship" as part of what this track documents, distinct from the chanted or sung traditions recorded elsewhere on the same album. No individual performer or recording location is credited in the surviving catalogue record.
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Production
Primary Artist / ComposerUnattributed field recording, Ethnic Folkways Library, 1967 1 Subject Matter
Religious Subject MatterJain puja, ritual worship: named outright by both the track title and the publisher's own descriptive text. 1 Connections
Belongs to Tradition
The track's own title and the publisher's own descriptive text both name Jain worship outright as this specific track's subject, distinct from the several other traditions covered elsewhere on the same anthology; the first musical work the atlas holds for the tradition.
Source Smithsonian Folkways and Internet Archive Records for Jain Puja (Religious Music of Asia)
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1. Smithsonian Folkways and Internet Archive Records for Jain Puja (Religious Music of Asia)
Ethnic Folkways Library / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings; Internet Archivefolkways.si.edu/religious-music-of-asia; archive.org/details/lp_religious-music-of-asia_various (track 6)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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