The Langas are a group of professional folk musicians in Rajasthan. Leading a life rich in culture, these poor peasants live in a village named Barnawa. Trained to sing thousands of traditional couplets, they live in thatched huts in the middle of sand dunes in the encroaching desert.
The Langas sing their traditional folk songs with a string instrument known as the Kamayacha, a bow instrument called Sarangi, and drums. During cold desert nights, the village folk sits around the Langas to listen to them sing local folklore songs. The final folk song is always the story of Nagji and Nagwanti. A passionate ballad, it follows the theme of tragic love.
Nagji and Nagwanti knew each other from their childhood. They grew up playing together in the fields, splashing in the well, and running here and there all day long. Of all their playful activities, their favorite one was to swing for hours from the branch of the tree with red blossoms.
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