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The changing gourd behind Indian classical music
The tanpura’s steady drone is the foundation on which Indian classical music’s ragas are built. But an often unrecognisable part of this instrument is a humble ingredient: a large dried gourd, grown by a small number of farmers and shaped by generations of instrument makers. Across a few farms in West Bengal and Maharashtra, this […]
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