satish balaji said:
Carnatic region......supposedly not Karnataka!!
Carnatic music did not come from Karnataka, though we consider Purandaradasa as the forefather - It existed even before him and the region around Thanjavur is what is said to be the original carnatic region - the origin is still obscure and the present culture is supposedly an amalgamation of styles from the different regions - TN, Andhra, Travancore (Kerala) & of course Karnataka..!!
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carnatic does not mean karnataka's music. people from north call all south indians as madrasis. does that mean all south indians are from madras? similarly to denote south they added karantaka as a prefix. before that it was just sangeetham.
'aravam' is the first village encountered when coming from andhrapradesh to tamilnadu. so tamilnadu became 'arava nadu' and tamil became 'aravam' and tamilians became 'araval-lu', for people from andhra.
similarly the first region encountered in south india for people coming from north india is karnataka. so they prefixed that name to the music prevailing in that area.
'aravam' is the first village encountered when coming from andhrapradesh to tamilnadu. so tamilnadu became 'arava nadu' and tamil became 'aravam' and tamilians became 'araval-lu', for people from andhra.
similarly the first region encountered in south india for people coming from north india is karnataka. so they prefixed that name to the music prevailing in that area.
