Aravana
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Aravana muttu or arabana muttu is an art form prevalent among Muslims in Kerala
state of south India, named after the musical instrument of the same name, which is a drumlike instrument or made of wood and animal skin, similar to the daff
but a little wider and smaller.
This is a more difficult art than the duff. There are traditional and modern method of playing the aravana. The traditional method is by sitting in a semicircle. The leader of the group will start singing and when the initial song is over, the players will start to play following the song of the leader and beating on the aravana musically; others will beat in the same way by giving chorus to the song.Even thou the duff and Aravana are two different types of arts, they are used inter changeably for the word duff and not Aravana. It is because duff is more familiar than the Aravana.This art is now a day used for competition in kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
state of south India, named after the musical instrument of the same name, which is a drumlike instrument or made of wood and animal skin, similar to the daff
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but a little wider and smaller.
This is a more difficult art than the duff. There are traditional and modern method of playing the aravana. The traditional method is by sitting in a semicircle. The leader of the group will start singing and when the initial song is over, the players will start to play following the song of the leader and beating on the aravana musically; others will beat in the same way by giving chorus to the song.Even thou the duff and Aravana are two different types of arts, they are used inter changeably for the word duff and not Aravana. It is because duff is more familiar than the Aravana.This art is now a day used for competition in kerala
See also
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- Mappila Paattu
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- MappilaMappilaMappila or Moplah refers to a Muslim community of Kerala, primarily in the northern region called Malabar, which arose in Malabar as a result of the pre and post Islamic Arab contacts. Significant numbers of the community are also present in the southern districts of Karnataka and western parts of...
- Kerala Folklore AkademiKerala Folklore AkademiKerala Folklore Akademi is an autonomous corporate body constituted by the Government of Kerala on 28 June 1995 under the Cultural Affairs Department, Government of Kerala...
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