Sunday, November 29, 2009
Indian tribal music
Indian tribal music is considered to be a version of house music. The music is mostly accompanied by drum-beats, with no presence of specific melody. Due to the Indian variation being of much rugged origin, the instruments utilized are not as refined as the ones used in classical music. Tribal musical instruments are generally manufactured by the musicians themselves, making use of materials like coconut shells, animal skin, etc., the musical beats are based on sophisticated and synchronized drum patterns, establishing a rhythm.
The strict definition of tribal music in India is pretty formless, since tracks are acknowledged as ruggedly tribal because of their booming sound. However, present times witness much of lyrical chanting and traditional sounds, comprising contemporary musical variations. The aboriginal, ethnic tribal music is reproduced live with drums, in accompaniment with other musical instruments.
Tribal music in India is not taught the same way as classical music is. There are no finishing schools that instruct tribal music. It has a hereditary process of learning. The music is passed down from generations to generations. However, as times and tastes have changed, variations in the current form are foreseeable. Included in the present-day tribal variation, tribal house music is the end-product of digitalized instrumentation.
Indian tribal music with its closed-group form of ethnicity is remarkable in the sense that it can never be studied in isolation from the social and ritual contexts of the people concerned. Tribal music possesses a well-built community basis. The fact can be comprehended in the domains of musical-socialization, kinds of ownership, levels of participation and nature of specialization. Learning music in a typical tribal society forms a cardinal part of the entire process of association of its members. It is learnt together with the umpteen customs and practices conforming to the standards reckoned apt by the society. Any given tribal community as a whole initiated its children in learning music, i.e., singing, drumming or dancing, from an early age.
As with any other tribal society, Indian tribal music scenario also possesses its aboriginal restrictions as well. Music amongst tribals is not conceived as exclusive property of its individual members, but of the community as a whole. For this very reason, Vibrantribes has come out with game with animation called Mystery of music which depicts the beat of sound.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Indian tribal art!!!
Indian tribal art was considered to be a part of this multivariate cultural heritage which pulls out the beautiful insights into human nature and lifestyle among Indian tribes.
Vibrant Indian tribal art has a unique collection of its diverse styles and representations. Every style and representation has its own cultural context, artistic elements, appearances, and execution techniques. These art forms includes paintings which are an integral part of our tribal tradition and often mirrored the lifestyle and traditions of the era
As truly inspired by the vast source of Indian tribal art and its uniqueness, we have chosen certain art styles and elements to experiment with and make them more alive than ever through contemporary methods of expression. Our vision behind the endeavor is to spread knowledge and awareness of Indian tribal art. In order to achieve the awareness of Indian tribal art to these younger generations’ proper preferred mediums has to be selected like short films, animations, and games in which they have to be entirely based on Indian art styles and themes, as the younger generations are very much interested in these mediums.
But Vibrantribes had achieved well in advance through short film called “Music binds all” and game with animation called “Mystery of Music” in addition to that they also have a promotion offer with uniquely designed “Music Binds All T-Shirt” or by designing your own Tribal Design T-Shirt etc.,
Thus Vibrantribes have achieved in taking enough steps in promoting the awareness of Indian Tribal art to these Generations.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Madhubani Art Attractions!!!
The ancient art of Madhubani continues to be popular nowadays amongst the large global market. Madhubani Art is now become an attraction amongst a large set of people across the globe as there has been special invites to experts on the famous Madhubani paintings to train and educate people on this beautiful art form.
Accordingly there are several communities that are in the process of promoting the Indian Folk Art and culture in many ways and one such being the Vibrantribes community that has created an art film called Music binds all which fuses two distinct Indian art forms namely Warli and Gond using music as a bridge. The film has features that speak about the Paintings and various different art styles. In order to educate the people about the Indian Folk Art, the film is now available at a mere 99 Cents. In fact the film has gained a special recognition of being screened in the
TASK Kolkata 09
Indian film festival at Los Angeles 09
KROK Animated Film Festival - Ukraine (nominated for screening in October 09)
It has been a very proud moment for all the Folk Art lovers that an art film is been screened in the Indian Flim Festival at Los Angeles and International Animated Film Festival KROK at Ukraine.
As a token of appreciation for the “Madhubani Art” and “Music Binds All” film, we should take the important step of moving to the next level by blending and serving the next Generation with new formats that are all the more appealing.
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