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IN SEARCH OF ROOTS: INDIAN MUSIC IN THE DIASPORA

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Shazia Khan

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Shazia Khan
Research Scholar, Centre for the study of Indian Diaspora, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

MLA 8
Khan, Shazia. "IN SEARCH OF ROOTS: INDIAN MUSIC IN THE DIASPORA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 8, Aug. 2022, pp. 2526-2543, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i08.013. Accessed Aug. 2022.
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Khan, S. (2022, August). IN SEARCH OF ROOTS: INDIAN MUSIC IN THE DIASPORA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(8), 2526-2543. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i08.013
Chicago
Khan, Shazia. "IN SEARCH OF ROOTS: INDIAN MUSIC IN THE DIASPORA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 8 (August 2022), 2526-2543. Accessed August, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i08.013.

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ABSTRACT:
With a wide range of ethnic groups and distinct cultural traditions, languages, and dialects, India is the world's second most populous country. Traditional songs and music of India have played an influential role in creating identity for Indians in diaspora. Since the arrival of the first indentured migrant ship in the Caribbean in 1838, the rural folk songs of Northern-India played an extremely significant role in creating a distinct identity for Indians in the Caribbean. Temple and wedding ritual songs became the up-tempo beats that allowed them to connect with their homeland. Music in the Caribbean has an indisputable element of creolization: Indian music fused with local Caribbean music gave birth to two different styles of music: Chutney and Chutney Soca. Through the examination of such metrics of music, this paper seeks to understand how diasporic metamorphoses enabled immigrants from the subcontinent to assert their ethnic identities. Furthermore, it examines how cultural mutation becomes a tool for survival, adding more hybridity to music and other forms of art, which, in turn, strengthens the community in different ways.

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