Bheel Voice radio channel: https://aurora.shoutca.st/public/bheel_voice
Recently Rani Kajal Jeevan Shala (village school) in collaboration with Arizona State University completed the construction of a studio for an internet radio station. The channel is named ” Bheel Voice”.
It was a project during the sabbatical of Dr Uttaran Dutta from the university who constructed it and trained Adiwasi students.
[Music performances and storytelling sessions are] recorded in the studio built in the campus of the school, and posted after editing by Dr Rahul Banerjee.
Source: Courtesy Swapan Bhattacharjee by email (5 July 2022)
“The great diversity of music in India is a direct manifestation of the diversity and fragmentation of the population in terms of race, religion, language, and other aspects of culture. […] The songs vary in detail, not only from one region to another, but also within a region among the different strata of society.” – NA Jairazbhoy in “Tribal, Folk and Devotional Music” >>
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