PPind20 -
INDIA

from "Musikgeschichte in Bildern",
VEB-Verlag für Musik, Leipzig

 

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Panchavadyam, an ensemble of five percussion instruments, is traditionally associated with temple festivals in Kerala (South India). The picture, taken during a Sampradaya documentation project in October 1998, shows a group playing Panchavadyam at the Mullakal temple during the Navaratri celebrations in Alepey in Kerala.