कश्मीर की वादियों तक ले जाएगी 'नुट' की धुन
कश्मीर की वादियों तक ले जाएगी 'नुट' की धुन

By Jigyasa Mishra

नए एपिसोड में हम आपके लिए लाए हैं इसी कश्मीरी 'नुट' की धुन लेकर आए हैं। उम्मीद है, ये धुन आपके दिल को भी छू पाएगी।

नए एपिसोड में हम आपके लिए लाए हैं इसी कश्मीरी 'नुट' की धुन लेकर आए हैं। उम्मीद है, ये धुन आपके दिल को भी छू पाएगी।

Will the Sur Mandal Fall Silent? — A Musician and a Craftsman in Jaisalmer Worry
Will the Sur Mandal Fall Silent? — A Musician and a Craftsman in Jaisalmer Worry

By Kuldeep Chhangani

Chanan Khan is perhaps one of the last musicians who can play the Sur Mandal in the desert district of Rajasthan. Artists like him, and Kishanlal Suthar who crafts this musical instrument are fast disappearing.

Chanan Khan is perhaps one of the last musicians who can play the Sur Mandal in the desert district of Rajasthan. Artists like him, and Kishanlal Suthar who crafts this musical instrument are fast disappearing.

Festive season, craft fairs help Odisha's Kendara singers to find their lost ground
Festive season, craft fairs help Odisha's Kendara singers to find their lost ground

By Ashis Senapati

Two years after finding it unsustainable to pursue their traditional singing, about 150 Kendara singers in Odisha are now back to wandering in the villages, humming songs while playing their cherished musical instrument which dates back to the 12th century. State government’s efforts to include these artists in the craft festivals and the ongoing festive season has brought cheers to the wanderer-singer community. Details here.

Two years after finding it unsustainable to pursue their traditional singing, about 150 Kendara singers in Odisha are now back to wandering in the villages, humming songs while playing their cherished musical instrument which dates back to the 12th century. State government’s efforts to include these artists in the craft festivals and the ongoing festive season has brought cheers to the wanderer-singer community. Details here.

This all-girls band is cool. They use kitchen equipment to create music
This all-girls band is cool. They use kitchen equipment to create music

By Neetu Singh

This all-girls band is quite unique in its use of kitchen equipment to create music. Chimta, belan, thali and oakhli all are used as musical equipment without the frills of a conventional musical instrument or a vocalist. Still their music leaves its listeners hooked. What's more, with the sole medium of its songs, this band seeks to fulfill its social obligation by spreading the awareness

This all-girls band is quite unique in its use of kitchen equipment to create music. Chimta, belan, thali and oakhli all are used as musical equipment without the frills of a conventional musical instrument or a vocalist. Still their music leaves its listeners hooked. What's more, with the sole medium of its songs, this band seeks to fulfill its social obligation by spreading the awareness

An Invitation to Walk With Tribal Communities and Experience Their Food, Music and Art
An Invitation to Walk With Tribal Communities and Experience Their Food, Music and Art

By Pratyaksh Srivastava

Tribal healing practices, cuisine, handicrafts, music, art, all find a place at the annual Samvaad conclave along with workshops on filmmaking, and skill development programmes. More than 150 tribes have assembled at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.

Tribal healing practices, cuisine, handicrafts, music, art, all find a place at the annual Samvaad conclave along with workshops on filmmaking, and skill development programmes. More than 150 tribes have assembled at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.

Odisha: Vital for Tumba Craft, Bottle Gourd Ensures Livelihood to Tribal Families in Rayagada
Odisha: Vital for Tumba Craft, Bottle Gourd Ensures Livelihood to Tribal Families in Rayagada

By Ashis Senapati

Owing to the sheer abundance of its presence in Indian kitchens, the humble-looking bottle gourd is seldom taken seriously. However, the vegetable known for its bland gustatory appeal, is a vital source of livelihood for the tribal Tumba artists in Odisha. They make intricate decorative products by drying, carving and painting these vegetables.

Owing to the sheer abundance of its presence in Indian kitchens, the humble-looking bottle gourd is seldom taken seriously. However, the vegetable known for its bland gustatory appeal, is a vital source of livelihood for the tribal Tumba artists in Odisha. They make intricate decorative products by drying, carving and painting these vegetables.

Maharashtra: A Rural School Where Making Car Sensors and Rain Sensors Is Child’s Play
Maharashtra: A Rural School Where Making Car Sensors and Rain Sensors Is Child’s Play

By Komal Jadhav

A teacher at a government school in Beed district motivated the local community and crowdfunded Rs 1,500,000 to set up a technology lab, an astronomy lab, buy microscopes, and install solar panels at the village school.

A teacher at a government school in Beed district motivated the local community and crowdfunded Rs 1,500,000 to set up a technology lab, an astronomy lab, buy microscopes, and install solar panels at the village school.

When women dance like mustard seeds: Come, sway to the Rai folk dance of Bundelkhand
When women dance like mustard seeds: Come, sway to the Rai folk dance of Bundelkhand

By Shivani Gupta

Bundeli Rai is the traditional folk dance of Bundelkhand. Rai means mustard seed. The way mustard seed swings around in the saucer, the dancers also dance likewise on the beats of traditional musical instruments of Nagadiya, Dholak, Jheeka, and Ramtoola. This traditional folk dance was fading away when the Jhansi administration stepped in to revive the culture, also support the livelihood of dancers and singers.

Bundeli Rai is the traditional folk dance of Bundelkhand. Rai means mustard seed. The way mustard seed swings around in the saucer, the dancers also dance likewise on the beats of traditional musical instruments of Nagadiya, Dholak, Jheeka, and Ramtoola. This traditional folk dance was fading away when the Jhansi administration stepped in to revive the culture, also support the livelihood of dancers and singers.

Being visually challenged in no way hampers Ramlal Jingar’s love for teaching
Being visually challenged in no way hampers Ramlal Jingar’s love for teaching

By Salim Attar

Ramlal Jingar is visually challenged but he has not let that affect his efficiency as a teacher as he spreads knowledge as well as the love for music in his students at the government school in Padru village in Barmer district, Rajasthan.

Ramlal Jingar is visually challenged but he has not let that affect his efficiency as a teacher as he spreads knowledge as well as the love for music in his students at the government school in Padru village in Barmer district, Rajasthan.

Bandhna Parob, the Bonding Festival of Tribal Communities in Jangalmahal
Bandhna Parob, the Bonding Festival of Tribal Communities in Jangalmahal

By Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

In the Jangalmahal area of West Bengal, drums, songs and festivities carry on for two weeks as villagers send up prayers of gratitude for a bountiful harvest and the well-being of their cattle.

In the Jangalmahal area of West Bengal, drums, songs and festivities carry on for two weeks as villagers send up prayers of gratitude for a bountiful harvest and the well-being of their cattle.

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