Music of the Sidis Part 2: Africans in India

Sidis are a little known ethnic group in India, who trace their roots to Africa. Brought as slaves, soldiers, and workers to India 800-900 years ago, they brought African traditions that have been passed down for generations. Sidis still preserve much of their physical African features, their cultural practice; their music and dance forms.

This clip is of and old man playing the "Malunga" which is a dead ringer for the Brazilian Berimbau. Both instruments trace their roots to East/Southern Africa. Excerpt from a film by Salil Sachdev.

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[MrTcooke88]

thicker version of a berimbau

[TheRehka1]

. it has been proven by some of the great anthroplogist and archaeologist that the first indian came from southern africa to south india. check your dna markers if you have the m130 gene or dna marker suprise you black. so stop staring we are all human first then come everthing else

[GHessenthaler]

berimbau

[PaaKwame]

that's a berimbau

[400yearAfricanplan]

music

[berimbau8]

The Malunga is likely derived from specific East African musical bows such as the Kenyan Ntono or the Mozambiquen Xutende. Although it is also a braced, gourd resonated musical bow with a rattle incorporated in the playing technique, there is no connection what so ever with the Brazilian berimbau, which was derived from a fusion of various Kongo/Angolan bows.

[MrBklyn40]

That`s mad ill!!!!

[msroz8]

He almost looks like my dad. LOL.

[deciogunga]

RESPEITO!!!!Viva o gunga em todas as suas formas e culturas! Axé!!!

[ani1616]

what u talking bout we every where