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Description: An informal session of Hathrasi rasiya (akhara-bazi rasiya), by Vidha Babu of the Bairag Lal akhara in Aligarh (recorded 1990).The lyric is the timeless theme of the peasant girl complaining that Krishna is teasing her as she goes to fetch water from the well.Once Vidha Babu starts dancing, it is easy to see him as a comely village lass rather than the homely, aging dudh-wala that he is, or was.I regret that the film quality has degraded in transition from 1990 camcorder VHS to uploadable
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