Thavilist at Wembley
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Thavilist at Wembley
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 28 Jun 2008
The Brent Town Hall can be hired for all sorts of functions. Today it was transformed into a Hindu Temple for a Sri Lankan Wedding. This player of the Thavil (it can produce several contrasting sounds simultaneously in the hands of a skilled player) performed with enormous skill and invention for around two and a half hours accompanying his wind soloist (equally skilled ) who played the Nathaswaram. See also Image] . and http://www.karunamurthy.com/thavil.htm (Note: picture taken without flash, hence blurred hand movement).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.566469
Longitude
-0.273684