The musical heritage of India

The origins of Indian classical music can be found in the beliefs of its people, tradition dating back to the Neolithic period. According to Indian mythology, this is the music that Brahma created the universe. First feature: Indian music is not written. Indeed, in the past, it should be forwarded to the disciples, and stored in memory, not on paper. Indian classical music relies so heavily on improvisation around ragas (musical sketch). Another major difference, the Indian scale is divided into 22 intervals when the West has only 12.

Dances

India offers a number of classical dances related to religion, like music. There are different schools for each regional style. Thus, we can iter Kathakali of Kerala that combines theater, music and dance to tell the great episodes from mythology. Dance forms are varied dances of temples such as Bharatnatyam, Odissi, Mohiniyattam and symbolizes the victory of good over evil. Kathak and Kuchipudi are religious and mythological tales to the accompaniment music, mime and dance. Finally, the Manipuri Raas Dandiya and happy love story of Radha and Krishna.