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Pages in category "Sri Lankan musical instruments" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
The hakgediya is a type of conch shell (the shell of a large marine gastropod mollusk) which is used as a kind of trumpet in the traditional ritualistic music and religious folk art-music of Sri Lanka, [1] which has been somewhat influenced by Indian music.
Wind instruments The nadaswaram [ note 1 ] is a double reed wind instrument from South India . [ 1 ] It is used as a traditional classical instrument in Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh , Telangana , Karnataka and Kerala [ 2 ] and in the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka .
A Musicians in Sri Dalada Maligawa. The music of Sri Lanka has its roots in five primary influences: ancient folk rituals, Hindu religious traditions, Buddhist religious traditions, the legacy of European colonisation, and the commercial and historical influence of nearby Indian culture—specifically, Kollywood cinema and Bollywood cinema.
Calypso-style baila is a genre of Sri Lankan music and a subgenre of baila music. It grew out of Sri Lankan musicians' fascination with the music of the Caribbean in the 1960s, particularly Harry Belafonte and calypso music. It typically uses acoustic guitars, rhumba shakers and conga/bongo drums.
This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Percussion instruments (idiophones, membranophones, struck chordophones, blown percussion instruments)
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In Indian tradition, the ravanahatha is believed to have originated among the Hela people of Lanka during the time of the legendary king Ravana, after whom the instrument is supposedly named. The Hela people, however, had only settled in Sri Lanka around 500 BCE, and had not found any trace of an earlier civilization, only groups of tribals ...