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Community-based volunteer-run radio station: a tool for revitalizing languages – Cultural Survival
Listen to flute player Robert Mirabal of Taos Pueblo who shares his thoughts on music in Native American culture – Living Voices Track 2 >> Language experts believe that 90% of the world’s estimated 6,000 languages could disappear entirely by the end of … Continue reading
“Educate them to get people to understand”: promoting cultural awareness through short films and Dreamtime stories – Australia
Published: 5 November 2012 Discover more about the Indigenous community of Mount Gambier, South Australia in this month’s Indigenous.gov.au Closing the Gap community profile. The traditional lands of the Bunganditj (Boandik) people, Mt Gambier is home to a growing Indigenous … Continue reading
Living Voices – an audio series featuring Native Americans and Native Hawaiians
Living Voices /Voces Vivas is an audio series in English and Spanish featuring profiles of Native Americans and Native Hawaiians today. People of many ages, traditions and perspectives tell their own stories, reflecting the wide range of contemporary Native experience … Continue reading
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Adivasi song from Gudalur valley – Tamil Nadu
The music of Thudi (drum) and the Cheenam (wind instrument) is accompanied by dancing. The music is interrupted by extempore stories, where the dancers make fun of each other. Album: Putheri – Songs of the Adivasi (Track 8) © Adivasi … Continue reading
Online exhibition – The National Consortium of Tribal Arts and Culture
The National Consortium of Tribal Arts and Culture created by Bhasha is the single largest digital resource for adivasi art expression in India. View the online exhibition, listen to Adivasi music from different parts of India, view photographs and learn more >> Address … Continue reading
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Fair and ethical trading: The Indigenous Art Code – Australia
Indigenous Newslines magazine January-April 2012 Fair and ethical trading Just a year after its launch, the Indigenous Art Commercial Code of Conduct is gathering strength and influence. The Indigenous Art Code is encouraging fair and ethical behaviour in the … Continue reading
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Adivasi song from Gudalur valley – Tamil Nadu
Click here to listen to Cheenam Kadha >> The music of Thudi (drum) and the Cheenam (wind instrument) is accompanied by dancing. The music is interrupted by extempore stories, where the dancers make fun of each other. Album: Putheri – … Continue reading
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Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas – Parganas Librivox recording & Project Gutenberg
This is an intriguing collection of folklore from the Santal Parganas, a district in India located about 150 miles from Calcutta. As its Preface implies, this collection is intended to give an unadulterated view of a culture through its folklore. … Continue reading
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Santali music and the bamboo flute of Pannalal Ghosh
Audio contents on YouTube One of Pandit Pannalal Ghosh significant contributions was that he gave the Bansuri an independent identity among the acknowledged traditional instruments like the Been, Sitar, Sarod and Sarangi. >> References to the influence of Santali culture … Continue reading
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Adivasi music – bibliography
Babiracki, C.M., ‘Tribal music in the study of great and little traditions of Indian music’. In: B. Nettl (ed.), Comparative musicology and anthropology of music. Chicago, 1990. Bhattachary S., 5., Ethno-musicology and India. Calcutta,1968. Deva, B.C., Musical instruments. Delhi, 1977. … Continue reading
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The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh – audio examples and information
Tribal Music of India: The Muria and Maria Gonds of Madhya Pradesh CULTURE GROUP(S) Maria; Muria RECORD LABEL Folkways Records 1983 Various Artists FW04028 Original liner notes for the Ethnic Folkways Records edition with online audio links on the Smithsonian … Continue reading
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