In January and February 2014, the authors went on a fieldtrip to Sumatra’s West Coast with Padang as its centre aiming at discovering and analysing traces of Indian music practices within modern Sumatran society. This ...

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People who were dependent on grains, leaves and fruits found on the earth, later on, developed to plant seeds and receive a yield of crop in return. That is said to be the beginning of agriculture. From then on, people's ...

As a mainstream Buddhist country since 300 BC Sri Lankan clergy did for a long time period not permit string instruments as Buddhist sources said listening or playing vina (lute) may cause rebirth and hinder the way to ...

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The Sri Lankan version of the double-reed oboe, the horanawa, has been and is still important to Sinhala Buddhists since it symbolizes “spiritualty” and “locality” in the Sri Lankan cultural context. Usually, the Buddhist ...

Folk music is the music of the people. People have used folk songs to express different emotions. This research paper argues that the social processes that have shaped Sinhala folk music are multifaceted and have significant ...

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