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 […]
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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