Volume : VI, Issue : X, October - 2017

USE AND APPLICATION OF INEVITABLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MARDAL IN CULTURAL TRADITION OF ODISHA

Dibakar Parida

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 The percussion instrument played with Odissi music is the ‘Mardal’, which is similar to ‘Pakhawaj’. Temple sculptures in Odisha abound in statues of ‘Mardal’ players. Mardal, the traditional percussion of Odisha, has a distinctive character of its own in its size, shape and mode of playing. its distinctive sound patterns and subtlety in resonance have established its own identity .Mardal is used as an inevitable musical instrument in the ritualistic service by Mardal players (Madeli seva)in the temple of Lord Jagannath. For Odissi classical dance and music Mardal is an inspirable percussion. It has now endeared common people sans art connoisseurs and craved its own niche in the realm of Indian classical instrumental music. The melodious sounds of Mardal accompanied with the rhythmic Chhandas of Odissi dance has appealed and enchanted a lot of people across the world.

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DIBAKAR PARIDA, USE AND APPLICATION OF INEVITABLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MARDAL IN CULTURAL TRADITION OF ODISHA, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-6 | Issue-10 | October-2017

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