Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Buddhist chants, kettledrum-and-oboe ensembles, verses sung to Hindu guardian spirits, Qurānic recitation, Sinhala drum music, masked theater, temple processions, popular Afro-Portuguese-influenced dance music, and Sinhala, Tamil, and Muslim pop all contribute to the soundscape of contemporary Sri Lanka. The island's population is composed of the Sinhalas, descendants of peoples who most likely emigrated from various places in India in the fifth century B.C.E.; the Tamils…