Harmony of Healing

Harmony of Healing presented Bengali traditional, indigenous, and experimental musical instruments within a multidisciplinary exhibition environment. The exhibition presented music in a therapeutic, communal, and philosophical appearance with multidimensional interactive approaches, while emphasising the dialogue between traditional vibrancy and experimental exploration.

Open for all to interpret for themselves, it explored the deep relationship between sound, healing, indigenous knowledge, and the spiritual imagination of Bengali music, particularly traditional folklore. Bringing together traditional, experimental, and indigenous musical instruments, it transformed the gallery into a living archive of sonic heritage.

Each instrument carried not only acoustic value, but also traces of ritual, oral history, craftsmanship, ecology, and collective emotion. The work researched how sound survives across generations despite urbanization, cultural erosion, and technological displacement.

The programme included an instruments painting workshop using natural elements, colours and pigments; ektara music and folklore dance with a tribute session to the maestros of Bengali folk music; an Obokolpo WoodLab dotara and ektara making workshop; a folklore workshop with Jagannath University students led by Kamaluddin Kabir; and a seminar on Bengali folklore instruments and ethnomusicology led by Dr Sayeem Rana, Dr Ahmed Abid, François Grosjean and Baul Hanif Miyah.