Manganiyar Community Folk Song Recording in WAV Format

A single 67.9 MB WAV audio file recording of members from the Manganiyar community performing the song 'Jhilmil Barse Megh'. The recording captures a folk song about a woman longing for her husband during rain, accompanied by kartal, dholak, and harmonium instruments. It was contributed by Palak Babel and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spectral features and temporal structure of the harmonium, kartal, and dholak for instrument recognition models.
• Train or fine-tune models for music genre classification on specific folk music traditions using the raw WAV audio data.
• Study vocal timbre and melodic patterns in Rajasthani folk singing for cultural musicology research.
• Use the single high-quality recording as a reference or seed sample for audio synthesis tasks related to Indian folk music.

Strengths

• Single high-fidelity WAV audio file at 67.9 MB, suitable for detailed acoustic analysis.
• Clear documentation of the specific song, cultural context, and instruments used (kartal, dholak, harmonium).
• Provided under a clear CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 license specifying terms for reuse.

Limitations

• Dataset consists of a single audio recording, offering no variation or multiple samples for statistical analysis.
• No accompanying metadata (e.g., performer demographics, recording conditions, musical notation) is provided.
• The 67.9 MB size indicates a single track, limiting its utility for training data-intensive machine learning models.

Provenance

Source

Palak Babel via figshare.

Collection Method

Field audio recording of a performance by the Manganiyar community.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Likely Rajasthan, India, based on the Manganiyar community's origin.