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Musical Mappings nORtH eaSt wInS!

Binayo of Sikkim is one of
On the given map, label the state to which each music tradition the tiniest instruments,
belongs. just 3 inches long. The
world’s largest log drum
on the other hand,
is a drum, from
Nagaland which
is 36 feet in length
and 6.8 feet in
diameter.
Mando Chhakri

Villu Pattu
Pandavani

rasiya Geet Daskathia
PReSeRvIng mUSIC SHaRIng mUSIC

The Sangeet Natak Akademi, in Delhi, is the national SPIC MACAY is a voluntary organisation dedicated to
academy for music and other performing arts. The spread awareness on India’s music traditions amongst
Gallery of Musical Instruments at Sangeet Natak Akademi youth by direct interactions with renowned musicians.
contains a collection of over 2000 objects, including INTACH is working towards documenting and sharing of
instruments from different regions of the country.
endangered musical traditions.
The Vadya Vithika Museum in Kolkata displays more ITC Sangeet Research Academy has been appreciated for
than 300 tribal musical instruments, many of which are its Guru Shishya initiative to teach music.
endangered.

mY mUSIC dIaRY
I am Anurag Sontakke. I am Simran M. Chhapia.
I play the violin in the At present, I am learning
Hindustani style. I can Hindustani classical music
play a lot of different at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,
genres on my violin and Bangalore. I sang ‘Ichak Dana
can decipher songs of Beechak Dana’ at a public event with the very talented
other genres in Indian Sinchan Dixit and Birju Nair. I have also performed for the
music. blind children at Chowdiah Memorial Hall.
anurag Sontakke, X a, National Hill View Public School, Bangalore Simran M. Chhapia, X C, National Hill View Public School, bangalore

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