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

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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.

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

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