IAF band to train Afghan military in martial music
The Indian Air Force`s air warrior symphony orchestra (ASWO) is set to teach military tunes and perhaps some Hindustani compositions to Afghanistan`s armed forces.
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New Delhi, March 18: The Indian Air Force's air
warrior symphony orchestra (ASWO) is set to teach military
tunes and perhaps some Hindustani compositions to
Afghanistan's armed forces.
The orchestra will provide training to 10 Afghan officers
for six months on developing basic skills like reading
notations, playing instruments and even selecting the right
kind of instruments.
"The Afghanistan government had requested its Indian
counterpart to train some of its armed forces officers," ASWO
director Pramod Kumar Jena told here.
The Afghan officers will be trained at Jalahalli in
Bangalore, where the ASWO is based.
"We will also help them buy some instruments from here
and might even donate some to them," Jena said.
A 75-member team of ASWO will visit Afghanistan in June
as part of a friendly exchange programme. The orchestra had
earlier trained a Sri Lankan military band but it has not
conducted any training for the past 10 years.
During the IAF's Platinum Jubilee year, the ASWO will
perform at various places, and bands of armed forces from
other countries have also been invited to India, said Jena.
"At the ASWO, we play every type of music, be it
classical or jazz, and have various percussion and other
instruments," he said.
"Indian music is loved by people in neighbouring
countries, including Afghanistan. It will not be a surprise if
they express a desire to pick some popular Indian tunes. We
will not mind teaching them those as well," Jena said.
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