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Arts & Entertainment
Festival features music of India
By M. Meredith Relph
Kansan staff writer
India has one of the oldest civilizations in the world, yet its customs and cultures are virtually unknown in the United States. Through one of the most universal mediums — music — the KU India Club is making an attempt to heijgen the massess of the mysterious and misunderstood east.
The India Club will present the Tansen Festival, a program of Indian classical music, at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, at Singh, New Delhi, India, graduate student and president of India Club, said such a program would be in line with this year's event.
"We want to expose Americans to the beauty and grace of Indian culture." Singh said.
The Tansen Festival features five Indian music programs that are adapted for their classical and jazz music. The program present one of the two distinct systems of Indian music. Hinduism, which comes from northern India.
Singh said Americans may be familiar with Indian influences in the Beatles' later music and with the work of Ravi Shankar, who was popular during the late 1960s and 1970s.
Five different Indian instruments will be used. Tabla or Indian drums, and stringed instruments like the sur-bhahaar and sitar will accompany vocal solos.
"People were much more aware of Indian music during that period," Singh said. "It was a great experience."
The 'musicians include Pandit Jasraj, an accomplished Indian vocalist; Ustad Sultan Khan, a Pakistani flamenco player; India and Ustal Zakir Hussain, who plays the band. Hussain has performed with the jazz fusion group, Shakti, and with percussionist John A. McCollum also played in the band during the 1960s.
Shikh explained that the musicians' names included honorary titles "Pandit" comes from Sanskrit roots and means "learned person". Hindi, and means "master" of a particular craft.
Ravi Shanker, Benares, India. graduate student, said Indian students studying in the United States should be ambassadors, but westerners' impressions of the country depended upon relations between the two governments.
"It is like having a Ph.D." Singh said. "A person can be learned in anything, music or
The songs will be sung in Urdu, originally the language of the Muslims in India. Singh said the songs were not like American songs, which haveprecise lyrics and unchanging music scores
"The words to the songs are a phrase, which is repeated with different rhythms and intonations," he said. "It is a very soothing form of music."
"There are people who don't understand Italian, but still enjoy open," he explained. "It is not important to understand the words, but just to listen."
Singh said a knowledge of Urdu was not necessary to enjoy the music
Ravi Shanker, Benares, India, graduate student, explained that the format used by Indian classical musicians was enjoyable for the audience and challenging for the performers.
"The tambura provides a drone, which is the background for the other instruments and vocals," he said. "In the middle of the performer, he uses the instrument in passage and the percussionist has to covie it."
"It is called 'jugal band', which translates to 'question and answer.' To do this, the drummer must use a sequence of beats.
Both Singh and Shanker are hopeful that the Tansen Festival will attract people who do not know a great deal about Indian culture, because they think it will be a learning experience as
well as present enjoyable music.
"It is not a lack of interest, but rather it is ignorance about India and its customs," Shunker said. "Moves often portray it negated. It is a very progressive, advanced country."
Singh said Indian students studying in the United States should be ambassadors, but westerners' impressions of the country depended upon relations between the two governments. He said the independence nation for only 40 years in the 20th century, after decades of English colonial rule.
India became independent on Aug. 15, 1947.
Although the Tamsen Festival will present only one aspect of Indian music, Singh and Shanker said it was a step toward integrating the cultures of eastern and western countries.
India became independent on Aug. 15, 1947. "India is the largest democracy in the world," said the president. "When had things happen and it is covered, it does not correctly represent the country."
"It is hard to generalize Indian life because there is so much diversity." Shanker said. "We want to tell people about India. This music is just a part."
"For so long, India has been portrayed as the head of fashions and elephants, but it is a very complex society."
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