Cite some examples that illustrate how South Asian music and musicians have been transplanted to other parts of the world (that is, illustrations of the Indian diaspora). (Examples may vary.)
What will be an ideal response?
• "[T] ransplanted Indians, many trained in music, now appear in almost every major city or university town on earth."
• Children of first-generation immigrants attempt to retain their "Indian-ness" through cultural clubs and temples where classical Indian music and dance is studied and presented.
• Various Indo-pop styles (for example, bhangra in Great Britain or "tassa-beat soca" in Trinidad) fuse Indian musical elements such as drone, scale, and sometimes the instruments and/or language with the beat and electric sounds of mainstream rock/pop.
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