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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Beena Valembia, Indian: 'I like good listeners, and if people are drinking I don't enjoy performing for them because they're not listening to me!' |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Edinburgh Mela: ''The sun is shining, there's music blasting in your ears, dancers every where and families out in style.’ |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Hindu festival - Forest Gate, London: 'Dhol rappers, dancers and worshippers converge from all corners to lead the parade.’ |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Navratri festival - Leicester: 'All things Indian are a novelty to me…and I’m Indian.' |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Keith Angel - Doncaster, SouthYorkshire: 'In that way, we're spreading the skills and the pleasures to be had from instruments like India's dhol and dholak...' |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Chariot festival - Tooting, London: 'South London was the location for a stunning spectacle of Hindu worship...' |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Sirishkumar - Wembley, London: 'My father, my guru, was a classical singer and multi-instrumentalist who studied in India.’ |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Ritu Sharma - Wembley, London: '... I’m starting to realise that the group is quite a worldwide thing.' |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Yogeswaran - London: 'Even though I travel the world... I always take time to return to my root.' |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Chandu Mattani - Leicester: 'I finally arrived in Leicester in 1977. There was no limit then because the opportunities were great. England is such an attractive place...' |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Bharati Bhundoo - Ayrshire, Scotland: 'Indian classical is so pure and clear. It’s simple yet complex because you can easily sing out of tune.' |
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![](/staticarchive/5ea3e7590d674d9be4582cc6f6c8e86070157686.gif) Indrani Bhattacharya - Kirkcaldy, Scotland: 'The bulk of Bollywood music goes with dancing because it's so rhythmic and lavish.' |
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![Johnny Kalsi](/staticarchive/3eabd6d02b109bf56f98d0b8c9227d7d8afdddf2.jpg) ![](/staticarchive/317496a096d6c86486a71d4521994bcd171a6bb3.gif) ![Dhol Drum](/staticarchive/288aab2c07b692c8a8e9ce33546c2271b0f98ae0.gif) |
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Hands on: Try our online percussion workshops. Learn the Punjabi dhol drum with Johnny Kalsi. |
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