The Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising ten Southeast Asian countries, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration among its members and other Asian...
In the countries of mainland Southeast Asia there are several ethnic minority groups, particularly in the mountainous inland and in forest areas. There is much variation between the customs of these peoples but it is also possible to see similarities on a metalevel. In this chapter strong traits...
Southeast Asian arts - Music, Instruments, Traditions: A general musical division exists between the urban and rural areas of Southeast Asia. Urban centres comprise the islands of Java and Bali and places in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar, where b
is taking place in Singapore on 28 and 29 October this year. Alongside live music performances by renowned and up-and-coming acts from 10 different countries across Southeast Asia and the rest of the world, the festival is partnering with a ...
The 12th China-ASEAN music festival kicked off on Wednesday night in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. More than 500 musicians from 14 troupes from China and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries will stage 14 concerts during the six-da...
HANOI, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The 2019 ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Music Festival will take place in Vietnam's northern Hai Phong city on May 25-31, with the participation of over 60 artists from seven ASEAN countries, Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday. ...
China has long been the cultural hub of Asia, and has had the longest amount of contact of any Asian country with other Western countries. Ever since the Silk Road was established, China has been trading with other Western countries and exchanging aspects of their cultures with one another. ...
Drawing on extensive fieldwork, explores the contemporary pop music scene in this little understood Southeast Asian country.\nBurma's Pop Music Industry is the first book to explore the contemporary pop music industry in a country that is little known or understood in the West. Based on years ...
Method of selection: The Best Song Asia award will be decided from the top 3 songs from the 2024 year-end charts of Asian countries/regions excluding Japan. For the inaugural MAJ, songs from the following East and Southeast Asian countries and regions will be considered: South Korea, China...
music is pentatonic-diatonic, having a scale of twelve notes to an octave (5 + 7 = 12) as does European-influenced music. Persian music is the music of Persia and Persian language countries: musiqi, the science and art of music, and muzik, the sound and performance of music (Sakata ...