Under the slogan “Drum Dialogue for Peace,” the festival brings together representatives of 30 different countries along with their cultures and drum beats Founded by artist and director Intisar Abdel ...

Hindu religious festival Thaipusam is about a week away and technician Sathiya Moorthy Kandasamy, 50, has been working round the clock to repair 50 South Indian folk drums. They include the urumi ...

Friday marks the launch of Egypt's first Drums Dialogue for Peace Festival Egypt launches its first International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts under the title 'Drums Dialogue for Peace'.

Chenda melam troupes from within Chennai and from Kerala say that business is picking up with election campaigning. "We have no political affi liations,” says Ram Mohan of the Palghat-based Mudhra ...

In 2009, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) started Living Traditions, a series that highlighted the Folk traditions across the country. So far, it has put the spotlight on the ...

To give the 'khol', a folk drum of northeast India, a much-needed fillip, Dipak Borah, a Majuli-based Sattriya exponent is on a mission to put together every vital aspect relating to the instrument ...

Long before record stores had “world music” sections, Zakir Hussain and guitarist John McLaughlin created a new blend of jazz and Indian music with the group Shakti. The master tabla player also ...

Musician and instrument-maker Mateusz Raszewski is reviving the art of designing, building, stringing and playing the Kalisz bass KAMINSKO, Poland: Dancing couples spin, whirl and pirouette on their ...

In China, the drum is a symbol of vigor and the drum dance represents power. Developed in the Neolithic Age, the drum was made of clay and symbolized the beginning of cultural dance. As early as the ...

Dancing couples spin, whirl and pirouette on their heels transported by the lively tempo of traditional Polish folk dances brought to life on rustic instruments, some plucked straight out of the ...