Casting Untouchable Beats: The Story of the Drum-Makers
Wed, 26 Feb
|at the ICES Auditorium, Kandy
In the sound of the traditional Sri Lankan drums are rhythmic beats that go back centuries. Mystique of the occult and closely-guarded
Time & Location
26 Feb 2020, 19:00
at the ICES Auditorium, Kandy, 554/6A Peradeniya Rd, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
About the Event
In the sound of the traditional Sri Lankan drums are rhythmic beats that go back centuries. Mystique of the occult and closely-guarded hereditary craft blend to create the instruments that speak of a countrys olden heritage in ritualistic music. Yet the life of the Sri Lankan drum-makers, their state of existence, has been a subject that has been cast aside from the mainstream cultural and anthropological discourse. Casting Untouchable Beats casts insight on the status of the marginalised drum-maker community whose voice has never been carried widely unlike the much admired beats their creations emanate.
26 February 2020
4:00 p.m.
at ICES (Kandy) Auditorium
ICES, 554/6A, Peradeniya Road, Mulgampola
To reach ICES take the lane [on the left] opposite Daya Niwasa