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Zadipatti

July 11, 2024 Uncategorized

Zadipatti is practised in the rice cultivating region of Maharashtra during the harvest season and derives its name from the local name zadi for rice. The theatre art of this region is known as Zadipatti...

Chaar Bayt: A Muslim tradition in lyrical oral poetry

June 26, 2024 Uncategorized

Chaar Bayt are a four line sequence of verses sung to the beat of the “duff” (a percussion instrument) It is performed in States of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. It is believed that...

Elements Common Across India

June 23, 2024 Uncategorized

Qawwali   Traditionally Qawwali is a devotional music. It belongs to a tradition of Islamic mysticism and contains the compositions of the Sufi saints. The salient feature of Qawwali is an elaborate verbal code sung...

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