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Gnenemon Solo Soro
West African Balafon
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Portsha Jefferson
Haitian folkloric dance
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Shubha Narayan
South Indian Carnatic music
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Hector Zapana
Wind instruments of the Andes (Siku)
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Rhodessa Jones
African and African American Storytelling
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Gino Gamboa
Afro-Peruvian percussion
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Atabak Elyasi
Persian Setar Music
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José “Pepe” Carlos González
Requinto romántico
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Richard Bugbee
Waw'kish, A Southern California Tribal Sport
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Shriram Brahmanandam
The Mridangam is a two-headed drum that is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in all Carnatic or South Indian Classical music performance. A very ancient instrument referenced in sculptures and epics of India thousands of years ago, Mridangam and the art of playing the instrument have evaloved highly over the centuries.
