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The strange, never-ceasing drones used in the choral singing of Tibet belong in the Indian, not the Chinese sphere of Tibetan civilization.

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China also passed on to Japan the ceremonial dances of India with their music, which were Japanized as the solemn and colorful Bugaku.

[In Siamese (Thai) music,] "the comparatively large share of drums, however, indicates the neighborhood of India"

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