/categories/cultural/ Recent content in Cultural on Supriya Dutta Hugo -- gohugo.io en Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:20:40 +0530 /research/reszuci/ Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:20:40 +0530 /research/reszuci/ Overview BACKGROUND Traditional folk musical instruments are facing extinction in many parts of India due to decrease in its user base. In order to develop a future user base of people with a better awareness of these musical instruments, the goal of this study was to identify an effective medium for teaching younger audiences about these instruments’ construction processes, sounds, and events they are played at. OBJECTIVE Through this study we aim to introduce different mediums of instruction to children above age of 8 years and observe how they respond to them. /stories/zuci/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:23:14 +0530 /stories/zuci/ INTRODUCTION Folk musical instruments bind one’s community together. Within a community, each instrument has its own specific use, place and time to be played. However, with the popularization of new electronic musical instruments and music, the audience base of traditional folk musical instruments have decreased considerably . To gather more information about the same, we met with Brahmaputra cultural Foundation(BCF), an NGO who is working on conserving folk musical instruments of the North-eastern states of India. /stories/reszuci/ Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:20:40 +0530 /stories/reszuci/ OVERVIEW Background Traditional folk musical instruments are facing extinction in many parts of India due to decrease in its user base. In order to develop a future user base of people with a better awareness of these musical instruments , the goal of this study was to identify an effective medium for teaching younger audiences about these instruments’ construction processes, sounds, and events they are played at. Objective Through this study we aim to introduce different mediums of instruction to children above age of 8 years and observe how they respond to them.