Ancient Irish musical history found in modern India. [ANU Multimedia]
Posted on 05/14/2016 12:23:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
An archaeologist studying musical horns from iron-age Ireland has found musical traditions, thought to be long dead, are alive and well in south India.
The realisation that modern Indian horns are almost identical to many iron-age European artefacts reveals a rich cultural link between the two regions 2,000 years ago, said PhD student Billy O Foghlu, from The Australian National University (ANU).
"Archaeology is usually silent. I was astonished to find what I thought to be dead soundscapes alive and living in Kerala today," said the ANU College of Asia-Pacific student...
The findings help show that Europe and India had a lively cultural exchange with musicians from the different cultures sharing independently developed technology and musical styles.
One example of this musical mixing is depicted in a carving of a celebration in Sanchi dating from c300 BC that shows a group of musicians taking part, playing two European carnyces, a horn with an animal's head.
The musical style of Kerala explains some of the mysteries surrounding the horns that have been unearthed in European iron-age excavations and suggest a very different musical soundscape to current western music said Mr O Foghlu.
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Ancient Irish musical history found in modern India. [ANU Multimedia]
Excellent, the video link worked! Almost as good as embedding.
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George Harrison takes Irish Horns to India, comes back with Ravi Shankar's Sitar (click here)? /s
This seems to go further than just instruments. Years ago, an Irish anthropologist did studies and concluded that a fair dergree of early Irish music was structurally similar to Indian music. He stated you could hum a number of different Irish folk tunes to certain Indian populations and the Indians could finish it! One thing for sure, The Celts sure got around. The civilizations of Galatia (Turkey) , Gaul (France) and Galicia (spain) all contain the root “Gal” or “Gael” and indicate Celtic settlement at one tme.
CC
And, the Celts crossed out of Central Asiia, a lot longer ago than this.
IIRC there are some who think the Celts originated in asia. There are native populations in what are now Tibet and Nepal that have curly red hair and freckles as a known genetic trait.
All of the Indo-European groups originated in central Asia.
Why so surprised?
“The Drunken Irishman” Is still open in Ponape, Micronesia
India 2000 years behind Western countries? Sounds about right. When will archeologists discover indoor plumbing in India that resembles a Western precursor? In 200 years? 300? ;-)
Loreena McKennit is not only an excellent musician, but a pretty bright musicologist. A lot of her stuff draws on the Celtic roots in the near and mid east.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QpRCK1IbiE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
My friends, Sabi, Fasil and Nandeebas are taking many offenses from you.
:)
Raj and Sujit are also showing displeasures at your suggestions
Notice how the previous two posts can be spoken in the Indian sing song way or the Irish brogue and still sound natural and convey the point.
Civilizations have been melding for millennia.
No one captured the melding of civilizations better than Kipling.
Funny, just yesterday I was speaking if how the Indians are emulating American motorcycle culture on British designed bikes.
Ah, then please extend many more offenses from me... :-)
Makes sense to me.
I play in a Celtic group, lived in Ireland as a kid, etc.. I found playing my fretless bass along with ragas to be pretty natural. The western 12 notes to the octave is merely a convention, not an absolute.
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