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#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / Kuchipudi dance is believed to have begun in the 17th century in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Its roots are in antiquity and developed as a religious art linked to temples and spiritual belief. This art form expresses its performance with rhythmic gestures as sign language to mime a story. Historically, all Kuchipudi dancers were male and would dress and dance as characters of any gender.🙏 ❤️ Classical Dance Poses, Kuchipudi Dance, Dance Pose, International Dance, Indian Classical Dance, South Asian Art, Ballet Theater, Classical Dance, Asian Music
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#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / Kuchipudi dance is believed to have begun in the 17th century in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Its roots are in antiquity and developed as a religious art linked to temples and spiritual belief. This art form expresses its performance with rhythmic gestures as sign language to mime a story. Historically, all Kuchipudi dancers were male and would dress and dance as characters of any gender.🙏 ❤️
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / Ragamala Paintings are a series of medieval explanatory paintings from the 16th and 17th century, depicting various Indian musical modes, Ragas. Each Raga is personified by colour, mood, a verse describing a story. It also clarifies to the season, time and day or night in which raga is to be sung. The art also shows specific Hindu deities associated with the raga. 🖌️ Colour Mood, Health Retreat, Toronto Island, Yoga Center, Music And Dance, Indian Paintings, Art Uk
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#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / Ragamala Paintings are a series of medieval explanatory paintings from the 16th and 17th century, depicting various Indian musical modes, Ragas. Each Raga is personified by colour, mood, a verse describing a story. It also clarifies to the season, time and day or night in which raga is to be sung. The art also shows specific Hindu deities associated with the raga. 🖌️
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / Bhangra music is an energetic form of music and dance, originating in the Punjab. Its lyrics reflect on the long and often tumultuous history of the Punjab, knowledge of Punjabi history offers important insights into the meaning of the music. While Bhangra began as a part of harvest festival celebrations, it eventually became a part of such diverse occasions as weddings and New Year celebrations. 🌈 Festival Celebration, Harvest Festival, New Year Celebration, South Asian, Asian Art
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#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / Bhangra music is an energetic form of music and dance, originating in the Punjab. Its lyrics reflect on the long and often tumultuous history of the Punjab, knowledge of Punjabi history offers important insights into the meaning of the music. While Bhangra began as a part of harvest festival celebrations, it eventually became a part of such diverse occasions as weddings and New Year celebrations. 🌈
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Tumbi
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / The Tumbi is a single stringed instrument heavily associated with Punjabi folk music and is presently very popular in Western Bhangra music. Its metallic string creates a high-pitched sound when it is continuously plucked and the whole instrument is made from wooden stick mounted with a gourd shell resonator. 🙌
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Islamic Calendar
Sound Studio
Uk Music
Indian Music
Nine Months
Ramadan
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting from dawn to sunset. The word comes from the Arabic root ramiḍa or ar-ramaḍ, which means scorching heat or dryness. During this month, Muslims will not eat or drink between dawn and sunset, this is called fasting, allowing to devote themselves to their faith. 🌙 🙏
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Mohan Veena
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / The Mohan Veena is a stringed classical Indian instrument, deriving its name from its creator, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. The instrument consists of 20 strings and has a gourd screwed into the back of its neck to improve sound quality and vibration. 🎻
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Sitar
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / The Sitar (seh-tar literally meaning ‘three strings’) is one of the most popular melody instruments in Hindustani, originating between the 16th and 17th Century. Its large resonated box is made of a dry pumpkin, while the rest is mainly made of Tun wood. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the instrument arose in western popular music, used by bands such as the Beatles, the Doors and Rolling Stones.🎸
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Nagar Kirtan
Punjabi Culture
Guru Gobind Singh
Vaisakhi
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / Vaisakhi for the Sikhs marks the creation of the Khalsa – a special group of initiated Sikhs created in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and final Guru worshipped by the Sikhs. On Vaisakhi, Gurdwaras (Sikh temples) are decorated in lights and flowers, community fairs and nagar kirtan (devoted singing) processions are held in the streets, people dress in their finest clothes, socialise and share foods.
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Bansuri Flute
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / A Bansuri is a flute made from the length of a bamboo stick, originating from Northern Indian, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. Often it is associated with the Hindu God Kirshna, who is repeatedly depicted playing the bansuri, hence the instrument is synonymous with Hindu devotion of music. 🙏🎶
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A Mizrāb
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / A Mizrāb is a plectrum used for several Indian and Iranian sting instruments. It is manufactured from a continuous strand of iron, used to strike the strings of a sitar. It’s ordinarily worn on the index finger, though sometimes a second Mizrāb can be work on the middle finger.
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#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / Nataraj, The Lord of Dance, is a depiction of the god ‘Shiva’, a cosmic dancer who performs to destroy a weary universe to make way for the god ‘Brahma’ to start the process of creation. Shiva is often a bronze statue and is portrayed as dancing in flames and on top of a demon to symbolise ignorance. It is a well-known sculpture and is popularly used as a symbol of Indian Culture.🙏
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Ghazal
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / A Ghazal is a poetic form of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. Originating in the 12th century due to the influence of the Sufi mystics and the court of Islamic Sultanate, the ghazal is understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss and the beauty of love. 🖋️ 💘
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / A Sari is a garment of unstitched fabric, ranging from 4 to 9 yards in length, that is draped over the body in various styles. It is usually worn over a petticoat with a blouse, known as a choli. Saris are usually more dressed up with various of embellishments and are worn on special occasions. The sari signifies the grace of an Indian woman, adequately displaying their curves. 🌷 . Indian Woman, Petticoat, Friends And Family
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#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / A Sari is a garment of unstitched fabric, ranging from 4 to 9 yards in length, that is draped over the body in various styles. It is usually worn over a petticoat with a blouse, known as a choli. Saris are usually more dressed up with various of embellishments and are worn on special occasions. The sari signifies the grace of an Indian woman, adequately displaying their curves. 🌷 .
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Tar Shehani
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / The Tar Shehani is an esraj (an Indian bowed instrument) created within the last 200 years. It has a similar sound to a violin and the word ‘tar’ means ‘stringed’. Its sound is described as piercing and is amplified by a metal horn attached to its sound board. ✨⠀
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Khayal
#SAAukKnowledgeCentre / Khayal music (meaning ‘imagination’ in Urdu) is modal with a singing melodic line and no harmonic parts. Traditionally women sat in small chambers and sang khayal, but during the 18th century men began to take up khayal singing, causing a break in gender obstacle and heralded a mass acceptance of khayal in Northern India.