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Indians between 1838 and 1917 Indian instruments such as the
dominated with arrivals from the harmonium, sitar, tabla, dholak
Bhojpur belt of Eastern UP and and dhantal. Similarly, Indo-Fijian
Western Bihar. Mostly, bhajans music draws heavily from rural
and devotional songs were parts of North India and some of
popular in Bhojpuri Hindi, which the Southern states of India.
included the use of traditional Indian music industry
and the Government have
recognized and endorsed the
soft power of music at the
highest level. And that begins
with the recognition of the need
to popularise Indian music and
safeguard the craft of making
as well as the skill of playing rare
musical instruments. An instance
would be ‘Jyotirgamaya’ — a
unique festival to showcase
the talent of the players of rare
musical instruments from across
the country, including street
performers, train entertainers,
performers associated with
temples, etc., which was
organised by the Sangeet Natak
Akademi.
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