The large bamboo flute called daegeum, used in traditional Korean music, is uniquely capable of producing a wide range of listening experiences from a single ancient woodwind instrument. Daegeum, a ...

The remains of a bamboo flute and over 300 wooden tablets with inscriptions from the ancient Baekje Kingdom (18 B.C.-A.D. 660) have been unearthed at an excavation site in the village of Gwanbuk-ri in ...

THERE are breathy notes in a house in the hills of the Central Valley, a sound that is more moody and rousing even than the stories behind its arrival there. A1,000-year-old meditation technique, the ...

In the village of Sreemoddi under Cumilla's Homna upazila, the melodious craft of bamboo flute-making has quietly persisted for generations. Around 40 families are engaged in this time-honoured ...

For music connoisseurs, the mellifluous notes flowing from a bamboo flute is always an aural treat. Recently, the music aficionados in the capital city were in for one such treat when ...

In Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, the bamboo bansuri is more than a musical instrument—it is a living family craft. From melas and devotional gatherings to trained musicians seeking precise tuning, flutes ...