The Music of Hindostan c16.67

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c16.67

Another old form is the *Kathā*, or sermon in song. A text from the *Rāmāyaṇa* or the *Mahābharata* is intoned (in about an octave of notes) and then expounded in the speaking voice and in the vernacular by a *Kathaka*.

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Linked texts (2)

Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit