Category: Rhythm Indiana
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Pakhwaj.
An instrument that always reminds me of the mrdangam. It is either played solo or as the all-important time and rhythm keeper of traditional performing arts. The young Pakhwaj Player Pratap Awadh who accompanied Sri.Bah’uddin Dagar during his sessions at the goa university shared with us the mythology of the instrument— The divine designer Vishwakarma’s…
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Devotion of Aesthetics.
revering aesthetics is soundarya upasane and is an intrinsic part of hinduism
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Periodic Table for Musical Notes.
Carnatic music has 7 notes, better known as saptaswara. As I was clearing up the attic found this old table that my Music teacher Sri Vasudev Bhat had explained. But the periodic table was drawn by Sri Narayana Bhat my dance teacher. sl. no quality sa ri ga ma pa da ni 1 animal voice…
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Kites and Kattle… Siriusly!
Cele
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Yellu-Amavasya
In the Indian mythology Dhanurmasa is when the Mahabharata war was fought. Through Dhanurmasa, Dhanurmasa vrta and katyanani vrta other things are done. The associated New Moon of the month of Marghashira is called as ‘Yellamavasya” or the New Moon of the sesame. This comes from an agrarian understanding that sesame not only enhances metabolism…
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Acknowledging Awakening.
Gender and image stereotyping in Indian Greetings.
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