(The Kamancha, the folk fiddle of Rajasthan, is a three-stringed ancestor of the violin. It has a bowl-shaped chamber covered by goatskin) makers – out of the handful that remain and resonates with a deep, impressive sound. Eight months a year, in the countrymoves from his home in the deserts of Rajasthan and uses his skilled hands, honed by generations of kamancha-making, to make sofas for the rich and the wealthy in the city of Pune.
There’s nothing about the folk music scene in India to write home about. Bollywood and flashy commercial artists ensure a slow, choking death for the tradition. There just isn’t enough business. For part of the year, many Manganiyars are forced travel to cities looking for work. Others survive on subsistence farming.
Indian as whole world knows has a very rich culture & tradition & we Indians must be really very proud to have it. But unfortunately the youth of today is forgetting our own rich culture & tradition & getting inspired by foriegn culture (mostly american) & adopting American culture.
Also to be blamed are the parents of the children who are very busy in their work & tend to forget to teach their children to carry forward our culture & tradition. Teaching our children about cultures of different countries is fine & good they get to know culture of other countries. But at the same time they must only have a knowledge about other cultures but must always follow our own culture. India is valued in the world because of it's culture & tradition. If we do not teach our children to value them, then our country will loose it's value in the world.
A country is what its history and old glories are. If we don't Respect or traditional folk culture and continue to run after Western culture it will not lead it progress but regress.
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