Hariyali Teej Festival Song Recording by Women

One audio recording captures a women's folk song (geet) performed during the Hariyali Teej festival. The 5.3 MB WAV file, uploaded by researcher Aabha Chhajer, documents a cultural practice expressing connections to local ecology and deities. The dataset was last updated on April 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the melodic structure and vocal patterns of the recorded geet for musicological classification.
• Study lyrical content for themes related to local ecology, deities, and festival joy as described in the metadata.
• Use the single audio file as a reference sample for audio feature extraction in cultural dataset creation.

Strengths

• Single, focused audio recording in a high-fidelity, uncompressed WAV format suitable for acoustic analysis.
• Clear cultural and contextual description linking the performance to the Hariyali Teej festival and environmental themes.

Limitations

• Dataset scale is extremely limited, consisting of one 5.3 MB audio file with no accompanying transcript or metadata columns.
• No information on recording quality, equipment, or the number of performers is provided.

Provenance

Source

Aabha Chhajer via figshare.

Collection Method

Field audio recording of a cultural performance.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in 2026.

Geography

Likely a region observing Hariyali Teej, but specific location is not stated.