A Woman Tabla Player Lightens Up Afghanistan
May 28, 2005 Saturday 2PM CT
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Tabla is a pair of drums traditionally played by men in religious singing. A woman tabla player is unheard of in Afghanistan until an Indian-American woman held a concert there recently. This hour on Here On Earth, Jean Feraca talks with Suphala about playing tabla in Kabul.
Guest
- Suphala Patankar, New York-based tabla player and composer.
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