music

ceremony · music

The Dhakis are the people who have the talent to play this huge drum-like instrument called Dhak. They have been playing this traditional instrument for generations.

Rajasthan·music

An old baba sings a bhajan accompanied by percussion on his mud pot based instrument, hitting it with his fingers (one of which has a plastic ring on it, to make the percussive sound on contact with the earthern pot).

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Indian Tabla player Zakir Hussain and Indian percussionist Sivamani perform at a musical show. Ustad Zakir Hussain is arguably the most famous Tabla player of our country in the post-independence era.

dance · music

Drummers from Manipur drum up a percussive storm at the Delhi Gymkhana Club in New Delhi! A blend of the graceful Manipuri Dance or the Maibi Dance with the acrobatic Drum Dance or Pung Cholom originating from the state of Manipur at the No…

dance · music

Only done during a holy festival, the dhol cholom is a version of the Pung Cholom. Literally translated as 'Roar of the Drum', Pung Cholam uses drums, percussion and energetic rythmic dance, that gently builds up to a climax.

Maharashtra·dance · music

Nikhil Chinappa introduces and comperes a fabulous percussion performance: "I came to Bombay and enjoyed going out, clubbing, listening to DJ's playing and dancing the night away." Nikhil Chinappa comperes a live percussion performance at a…

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Punjabi pop singer Harbhajan Mann sings his songs during an interview in India. Mann began singing as an amateur in 1980 and performed in local shows for the South Asian community while attending high school in Canada.

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Punjab's popular singer Jazzy B sings his favourite songs at a television interview.

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Punjabi pop singer Kamal Heer talks about his upcoming album 'Masti'. Kamal Heer is a Punjabi musician. He is the younger brother of Manmohan Waris and Sangtar, two other esteemed musicians.

Uttar Pradesh·music

Ganesh Prasad sings Tappa in television show with powerful voice and show anchors gets impressed by his talent.

Rajasthan·industry · music

See what existed before CD's, pen drives / USB thumb flash drives, Blue Ray discs and DVD's! This unit seems to be manufacturing for a company in Ajmer - Shreecasettes located in dargah bajaar (anand music centre).

music · industry

A manufacturing unit of T-Series Company which was founded by Gulshan Kumar in the 1980s. Music enthusiasts from the '90s will remember these audiotapes for mixing tracks and listening to pirated versions of music from famous singers and su…

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Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) is a widespread resident in the Indian Subcontinent. Has rufous-brown on nape and underparts, white streaking on ear-coverts and throat, and greenish mantle.

forest · music

The black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus), also known as the black-throated tit, is a very small passerine bird in the family Aegithalidae.

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The Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

birds · flowers

A male Purple Sunbird perches on a Red Silk cotton tree at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Delhi.

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Slow motion capture of the Indian Blue Jay or Indian Roller in slow motion flight. Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) is a widespread resident in the Indian Subcontinent.

birds · music

The aggressive nature and fruit-eating habits of the red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer), have unfortunately resulted in it being considered one of the world’s worst invasive alien species in areas where it has been introduced.

birds · wildlife

0:01 - Indian Golden Oriole: Male Golden Oriole have bright golden-yellow plumage; black stripe through eye; black wings and centre of tail. 0:24 - Indian Roller / Blue Jay: It is a member of the roller family of birds.

Rajasthan·birds · wildlife

0:01 - The small minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus) belongs to the family of cuckooshrikes and minivets, the Campephagidae. The small minivet species is distributed in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia.

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0:00 - Tree pipit: Slender and streaked pipit. Feeds on the ground like other pipits, but perches readily in trees or bushes when singing, or alights in a tree at end of parachuting song flight.

birds · wildlife

0:00 - Western yellow wagtail: The Yellow Wagtail formerly included the global world’s population of this elegant bird, divided into seventeen subspecies. But now, two main species, the Western Yellow Wagtail - M.

birds · forest

White-eared Bulbuls are dull grey-brown bulbuls with a black head and bright white cheek patch. Also note yellow vent and white tail tip.