They Sing the Wedding of God: An Ethnomusicological Study of the mahadevji Ka Byavala as Performed by the Nath-jogis of Alwar (Paperback) - Common

In Rajasthan, India, a caste of musicians and mendicants, the Nath-Jog?s, sing stories of kings who renounce their thrones to become wandering mendicants. They also sing of a god, Mahadeva, Shiva, who must abandon his world--renouncing life and reluctantly marry. In so doing, he establishes the very caste that tells his story. This book represents the first detailed ethnomusicological study of the