Tala

What is tala, tala (Sanskrit: “clap”) in the music of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, a metric
cycle with a specific number of beats—from 3 to 128—that recur in the same pattern
throughout a musical performance but the most commonly used are only 30. Each tala has a set
number of beats called matras consisting of 3 up to 108 beats. However , the most common
talas are from six up to sixteen matras. The tala with sixteen beats is called teental, which is
divided into 4+4+4+4. First beat of every cycle is called sam. There are 3 tempi used in Indian
classical music. 1. Vilambita (slow) where there are 60 Bpm; 2. Madhya (moderate) where there
are 120 Bpm; 3. Druta (fast) where there are 240 Bpm.

Sculptures
The subject matter of Indian sculpture was almost invariably abstracted human forms that were
used to instruct people in the truths of the Hindu, Buddhist, or Jain religions. The nude was
used both to represent the body as a symbol of spirit and to reveal the imagined shapes of the
gods.Most sculptures in india are decorations and ornamentations in there temples. As early as
3300BCE, Evidence show that the early examples of sculptures that originated from indus valley
were figurines made of stone and clay, which were statues of humans, dieties, and animals.

Decorative arts and crafts

3 decorative arts and crafts Mandala, truck art, kolam. Mandala is a geometric configuration of
symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of
practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an
aid to meditation and trance induction. Truck art isa a vibrant and exuberant over-the-top
designs that are colorful and shouts out its boisterous designs to the intricate carvings on the
body of the trucks. Kolam is a form of traditional decorative art that is drawn by using rice flour
as per age-old conventions. It is also drawn using white stone powder, chalk or chalk powder,
often along with natural or synthetic color powders.