India has a rich history and culture expressed through its classical music traditions, languages, and holidays. Its music developed over many centuries and includes genres like Carnatic music from South India and Hindustani music from North India. Both styles use instruments like tabla drums and bansuri flutes. India has a diverse musical heritage reflected in its vocal and instrumental forms. The country celebrates national holidays like Republic Day and honors cultural symbols like the tiger, peacock, and lotus flower in its identity.

2. India is famous for its spices and their cuisine is world
famous, no doubt in that. India is a country which has one
of the richest and vivid histories and heritage. Their country
has largest democracy in the world and home to ancient
Indus Valley civilization. The country is famous across the
hundreds of things.

3. VOCAL MUSIC
India’s classical music tradition
includes and Hinduism music
which have develop over many
countries.

4. Melismatic – singing with nasal vocal quality
Samagana – also known as Sam, is a
composition of words in Rigvedic hymns from
notes it represents the philosophy and science of
uniting thought sound, and music .
Sama Veda- a sacred text, were sung as
Samagana and not chanted.
 Rig Veda - is the third of the four Vedas of
Hinduism but ranks next to Rig Veda in terms of
its sanctity and liturgical importance.

5. Rig Veda- is an ancient Indian sacred
collection of Vedict Sanscrit hymns. It
counted among the four canonical sacred
texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas.
Tal- is the Indian system of rhythm.
Hinduism- the predominant religion of the
Indian subcontinent and one of its
indigenous religions.
Tintal- the most common tal in the
Hindustani music. It is variously referred to
as teental or trital.

6. CHARACTERISTICS OF
TRADITIONAL MUSIC
FROM INDIA

7. 1. Carnatic Music
 Refers to music from south India
 Directed to a Hindu GOD, which is why it is called
“temple music”
 Unlike Hindustani music, Carmatic music is unified
where schools are based on the same solo
instruments and the same rhythm instruments.
 Music pieces are mainly set for the voices and
with lyrics.
 Composition called krti are devotional songs.

8. 2. Hindustani Music
 Goes back to Vedic Period times around 1000 BC
 Further developed in the 13th and 14th centuries
AD with Persian influences and from existing
religious and folk music.
 Predominantly found in the northern and central
religions.
 Influence by ancient Hindu musical traditions,
historical Vedic religion/ Vedic philosophy, native
Indian sounds and enriched by the Persian
performance practices of the Mughal era.
 In north India the most common style of singing is
called khyal, a word which means “imagination”.

9. 1. Ghan- describe as a non-membranous percussive instrument
but with solid resonators. It is one of the oldest classes of
instruments in India it may also be a melodic instruments or
instruments to keep tal.
GHATAM NOUT
MANJIRA KARTA

10. 2. Avanaddh- describe as a membranous percussive instruments.
This class of instruments typically comprice the drums.
TABLA DHOL
DAF (DUF, DAPHU)

11. 3. Sushir- also known a “blown air”. It is characterized by the use of
air to excite the various resonators.
SHANKH SURPETI
BANSURI SHENAI

12. 4. Tat- referred to as vina during the old civilization. Instruments in
this class are plucked (stringed instruments)
SITAR EKTAR
GOTUVADYAM RABAB

13. 5. Vitat- described as bowed striged instruments. This is one of the
oldest classifications instruments and yet did not occupy a place in
classical Indian music until music the few centuries.
BANAM CHIKARA
ESRAJ SARANGI

14. National Holydays
 National holydays are observe in all states and union territories.
 India has three national holydays.
1. January 28 – republic day
2. August 15 – independence day
3. October 2 – Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

15. • India’s flag is a horizontal tricolour in equal
proportion of deep saffron (orange) on the top,
white in the middle and dark green in the bottom.
Each colour represents something different.
Saffron represents stands for courage and
sacrifice. White represents peace, unity and
truth. Green stands for faith and fertility.

16. The original Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath; the
buddha’s sermons “roar” like a lion in all directions

17. • The national bird of India is the peacock
(pavo cristatus). Peacocks symbolize
grace pride and beauty. They are a sign of
joy for all who see them. Peacocks are
often use in Indian mythology and folk
stories.

18. • Tigers occupy an important place in Indian culture. Since
ages, it has been a symbol of magnificence, power,
beauty and fiercerness and has been associated with
bravery and valor. The combination of grace, strength,
agility, and enourmous power has earned the Tiger its
pride of the place as the animal of India.

19. • The national flower of India is Lotus. It
symbolizes spirituality, truthfullness, wealth,
knowledge and illumination. The most important
thing about lotus is that even after growing in
murkey water is untouched by its impurity. On
the other hand the lotus symbolizes purity of
hearth and mind.

20. • The Banyan tree, also known as the VAT OR BARGAD,
is among the most venerated trees in india. For
centuries, it has been likened to the shelter that god
provides for his devotees. The Banyan tree is
mentionedin many ancient indian texts and scriptures,
representing the devine creator and symbolyzing
longevity.

21. • As the national fruit of india it represents prosperity,
abundance and richness in favor of the county’s image.
Mango is one of the most widely grown fruits of the
tropical countries. In Indian, Mango is cultivated almost in
all parts, with the exeption of hily areas.

22. • The River Ganges, also known as the Ganga, flows
2,700 km from the Himalaya mountains to the bay of
Bengal in northern India and Bangladesh. Regarded as
sacred by Hindus, the river is personified as the goddess
Ganga in ancient texts and art.

23. • The Taj Mahal ia an enormous mausoleum complex
commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah
Jahan to house the remains of his beloved wife.

24. FATHER OF
THE
NATION
United india
to employ
non-violence
in getting
independenc
e from
britain.
Mahatma
Gandhi’s
birthday,
October 2, is
marked as a
dry day in
India (a day
of no
alcohol.)

25. 1. What is the meaning of sama veda?
2. The Indian system of rhythm is….
3. Give at least 2 carmatic music.
4. Give 1 exampe of sushir
5. What is the meaning of tal?
6. What is the national emblem?
7. Give as one of their national days
8. What is their national bird?
9. What is their national flower?
10. What is their national animal?
11. What is their national tree?
12. What is their holiest river
13. What is the name of their national father
14. What can you say about the music of india
15. What is their national flag

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