Gonchigar Family Music Performances
How is Indian music similar and different than other music and dance you've experienced before?
Anmol and Akul have learned about traditional instruments and playing styles from a young age.
Transcript
(Akul and Anmol Gonchigar sit cross legged on stage in front of a blue curtain. Akul is wearing a traditional Achkan coat in golden yellow with dark red pants and is holding a mridangam drum from India in his lap. It is a long, two-headed drum wrapped in an orange, silk fabric. Anmol is wearing a traditional Achkan coat in hunter green with white pants. He is holding an Indian violin.)
(traditional Indian instrumental music)
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