Women in Music: Cultures of Northeast India
Women in Music: Cultures of Northeast India
Podcast Description
Zubaan is delighted to bring to you our podcast series, "Women in Music: Cultures of Northeast India” commissioned during the Cultures of Peace: Festival of the Northeast 2020. The Cultures of Peace project, undertaken by Zubaan since 2011 in collaboration with the Heinrich Boll Foundation, works within and outside the northeastern region of India (the eight states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, and the contiguous regions of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong). The festival focuses on diversifying mainstream conversation and knowledge production about the region and creating spaces for dialogue and mutual understanding through culture, literature, discussions and archive building.
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The podcast covers topics such as women's roles in traditional music, personal musical journeys of artists, and cultural intersections through music. Specific episodes include discussions about Nagaland's pop artist Seysei, the ethnomusicological perspectives from Jaremdi Wati Longchar, and the impact of conflict on songwriting as shared by Akhu Chingangbam.
Zubaan is delighted to bring to you our podcast series, “Women in Music: Cultures of Northeast India” commissioned during the Cultures of Peace: Festival of the Northeast 2020. The Cultures of Peace project, undertaken by Zubaan since 2011 in collaboration with the Heinrich Boll Foundation, works within and outside the northeastern region of India (the eight states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, and the contiguous regions of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong). The festival focuses on diversifying mainstream conversation and knowledge production about the region and creating spaces for dialogue and mutual understanding through culture, literature, discussions and archive building.
The podcast She Rose is part of the “Music Cultures” series which was recorded online during the Covid19 pandemic. In this podcast, our host Anungla Zoe Longkumer converses with singer, songwriter and pop artist Seysei from Dallas, Texas who traces her origin to Nagaland through her father. Seysei talks about her life, her musical journey and her works. This discussion was part of the 2020 programming for Zubaan’s Cultures of Peace: Festival of the Northeast project, run in collaboration with Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Regional Office, New Delhi.
Anungla Zoe Longkumer is an independent artist from Nagaland who is drawn to inspired and intuitive pursuits in music, writing, filmmaking, painting, papermaking, and research in the traditional arts, and is an advocate for a waste-less sustainable way of living.
Seysei is a pop music artist of Naga-Indian origin who represents South East Asian audiences in the mainstream vein. A singer, musician and dancer, she matches pop-sensibilities with her warrior spirit in her songwriting.
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