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  "id": "kathaprasangam",
  "name": "Kathaprasangam (Malayalam musical storytelling)",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Kathaprasangam is a Malayalam storytelling form in which a single narrator tells a story, often adapted from literature, alternating spoken narration with songs, accompanied by a small group on harmonium, tabla and other instruments. It emerged in early twentieth-century Kerala and reached mass popularity through V. Sambasivan, who adapted Malayalam and world literature and whose performances circulated widely on LP and cassette.",
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        "voice_estill_quality",
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      "voice_tradition": "voice_tradition_source_unspecified",
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      "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_quality_source_unspecified",
      "voice_speech_song": "voice_heightened_speech",
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