Malaysia is a multicultural nation located at the nexus of “mainland” and “island” Southeast Asia. Through maritime links, communities from the region, Asia, and Europe participated in mercantile activities and eventually ...

One of the minorities identified by Svanibor Pettan is that of ‘involuntary migrants’ (Pettan 2019). What must be stressed about the most recent irregular migrations is that transitional period for the migrants appears to ...

A long history of aspirational development literature from the colonial era to the present — and an equally long history of academic publication — argues that the expansion of South Asian transportation infrastructure ...

A direct descendant of Bhai Sadharan, who a disciple of the founder of the Sikh faith, Bhai Baldeep Singh is the scion of a long lineage of GurSikh masters of the Gurbani Sangit Parampara. Bhai Baldeep Singh’s repertoire ...

Marginalized in the modern narrative of South Asian music as the expression of a religious 'minority,' the Sikh musical heritage represents a pre-colonial system of knowledge in danger of disappearing. This panel critically ...

Elders are persons 60 or more years old, who currently count for 12.3% of the population in Sri Lanka. The elderly population in the country is growing significantly, from 4.3% in 1973 to 11.5% in 2022. Until their retirement, ...

The character of the messenger-drummer is typical to both Tamil Kooththu performance tradition in the North and Sinhala Kōlam performance tradition in the South. It comes as a parai in Kooththu and ana anabera kāarayā in ...

In this paper, I present a specific case which I documented in two communities of the Bali Protestant Church (GKPB) in which gamelan music has been used to accompany religious ceremonies. This practice is not shared by all ...

Mappilas, the minority Muslim community of Malabar, evolved as a result of pre- and post-Islamic Arab contacts. Kolkkali (Stick dance) is a group performing art with sticks practiced mainly by the Mappila fisherman community. ...

Sri Lankan music and its structural relationship to nationalism offer a specific case from which to reflect more generally on ideology and its relationship to Buddhism and AryaSinhala concept. This study focuses on ...