Chinese drums, Indian beats: Ajith Bhaskar's vision for a truly Malaysian ‘bharatanatyam’

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Chinese drums, Indian beats: Ajith Bhaskar's vision for a truly Malaysian ‘bharatanatyam’
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — Being a stickler for tradition, bharatanatyam master Ajith Bhaskar makes sure that his students strictly adhere to the beats that he meticulously counts...

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Intrigued by the intricacies of Indian rhythms, the duo learned drumming Indian rhythms under Ajith’s tutelage at the Suvarna Fine Arts dance academy for almost a year before the “Aikya Kala” performance. Only Indian classical music has this concept of having a human metronome to maintain the cycles of rhythm, Ajith said.“Unlike Western and Chinese music that has only two cycles of rhythms, Indian classical music has a cycle of five rhythms and seven different

Lim Yu Kai and his fellow drummer, Gan See Shyan have been learning to drum Indian rhythms on traditional Chinese drums for almost a year now — Picture courtesy of Suvarna Fine Arts

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