In a world where museums often stand as silent spaces of display, Arna-Jharna: The Desert Museum of Rajasthan reimagines what a museum can be. It moves beyond walls, labels, and glass cases — into the open landscapes, everyday lives, and ecological rhythms of the Thar.
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Water defines life in the desert — shaping not only its landscapes but also the imagination and resilience of its people. In the Thar Desert, where rainfall is scarce and rivers few, communities have long relied on their own ingenuity to capture and store every precious drop.
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Across the dunes of western Rajasthan, music is more than art — it’s a way of remembering. The Manganiyars, one of the region’s most renowned folk musician communities, have carried stories of the desert for centuries. Their songs move through time and space
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At first glance, a broom may seem like an ordinary household object — something found in every home, used daily, and easily replaced. Yet in Rajasthan, this simple tool carries generations of craft knowledge, ecological understanding, and social meaning.
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Acoustic ecology — the study of how sounds emerge from landscapes — shows that soundscapes reflect the health and character of an ecosystem. As one research overview remarks, “soundscape ecology shares many parallels with landscape ecology”.
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