Music of Sri Lanka
In this blog, I will be discussing the music of Sri Lanka. This music is heavily influenced by ancient folk rites, Buddhist religion traditions, legacy of European colonization, and some historical influences by Bollywood. The first type of music regarding Sri Lanka is their folk music. This type of music kind of came about similar to the Ghana Postal Workers song. During a day's work, the employees would sing with one another to help the time pass by quicker. As years have passed on, this type of music is not as popular in everyday life. Although, it is still important when discussing Sri Lanka's cultural background. There are still some musicians that only preform the folk music and sometimes these musicians sing in competition with one another. Below is attached one example of what the folk songs sound like. While researching the Sri Lanka music, I also learned more about the instruments. The first instrument I would like to share is the Rabana. This instrument is a membr...