Music from India
Dhol and Pepa
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Type
sound
Duration
00:03:00
Cultures
Assamese
Shelf mark
RK DAT 53
Recording date
2001-12-21
Recording locations
Village square close to the village namghar (prayer hall), Koraholla village, Majuli, Jorhat district, Assam.
Performance occasion
Morning
Performers
Bharat Das (horizontally-held dhol drum), Bopai Khatania (pepa oboe)
Recordist
Killius, Rolf
Description
This dhol and pepa instrumental performance belongs to the Bihu musical genre. Bharat Das plays the horizontally-held dhol drum and Bopai Khatania, the pepa oboe. The artists belong to the Assamese community and Assamese belongs to the north Indian language group.
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