Gajraj

Gajraj is 58 years old Huduk player who belongs to a small village in eastern Uttar Pradesh near Raghunathpur. Gajraj has been interested in music since childhood- mainly in percussion instruments. He learnt by himself by observing the local folk musicians now from the last 20 years. Gajraj has been playing Huduk in different local folk programs. And this is the only way of his major income. Huduk is a rare folk percussion instrument generally found in eastern Uttar Pradesh. This instrument plays in a unique style. Players continually press the instrument’s body to change the pitch, producing a very different rhythmic sound. 

• Purvanchal
• Uttar Pradesh