The Music of Hindostan c6.282

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c6.282

At Calcutta I heard a Maratha gipsy, from the Circus. He belonged to Tasgaon in the Kolhapur district. These gipsies are the bards of the Maratha empire, now thrown out of employ. This man was an acrobat. He sang two *Povāḍas*:

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