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Drumming up a storm: new life for Malaysian Indian folk music

The “urumee melam” ensemble are performing a traditional form of folk music brought to Malaysia generations ago by Indian labourers but which is now enjoying a revival among the country’s South Asian community. Malaysia is home to more than two million ethnic Indians who live among a predominantly Muslim Malay population of some 32 million.

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