The Manganiars inhabit the villages at the edge of the Thar Desert and play mostly for the Hindu caste. They disperse themselves geographically based on the location of the residences of their Jajmans. Even in contemporary society, where points of reference change very quickly, the ancestral contract still exists between the Manganiars and the Rajputs, who assimilated into the ancient and mythic Kshatriya, the ancient warrior caste.
The speciality of the Manganiars is the “mota git” (long songs) as opposed to “chota git”, which are shorter and more ritualistic songs. Often in Rajasthan, these songs are given raga names, such as Sorath, Maru, Sindhi Bhairavi. After a slow poetic vocal introduction without rhythm (duha), the Manganiar stretches out the mota git, with richness and sensibility.