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The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth (SPIC MACAY) is a voluntary youth movement which promotes intangible aspects of Indian cultural heritage by promoting Indian classical music, classical dance, folk music, yoga, meditation, crafts and other aspects of Indian culture; it is a movement with chapters in over 300 towns all over the world.〔(Origin ) Arizona State University.〕 SPIC MACAY was established by Dr. Kiran Seth in 1977 at IIT Delhi.〔(Dr. Kiran Seth Profile )〕〔(About us ) SPICMACAY Official Website〕〔(West wind leaves heritage in a shambles ) ''The Telegraph, June 5, 2006〕 It seeks to foster the traditional Indian values and to generate awareness of the cultural traditions and heritage of India. In order to achieve its goals, SPICMACAY organizes concerts, lectures, demonstrations, workshops, informal discussions, and talks by eminent scholars and thinkers. These programs are hosted in schools and colleges with support of the local chapters of the organization. ==History== Kiran Seth, a young graduate from IIT Kharagpur, was studying for his doctorate at the Columbia University, New York, when he chanced to attend a Dhrupad concert by Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar and Ustad Zia Fariddudin Dagar at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York.〔 On his return to India in 1976, he started teaching and doing research work at IIT Delhi, where he got together with students and started SPIC MACAY in 1977,〔(Intro ) www.nith.ac.in〕 and its first concert was held at IIT Delhi in the same year.〔 The first Lecture-Demonstration series was held in 1979, with six artistes, including Sonal Mansingh, Birju Maharaj, Asad Ali Khan, the Dagar brothers and Munawar Ali Khan who performed in a few colleges in Delhi. SPIC MACAY has some 500 chapters around the world and holds around 6,000 events annually,〔(About us ) Official website.〕〔(About us ) Hong Kong Chapter.〕 mostly in educational institutions, but occasionally in "public" venues like town halls or community parks. Some of its major activities include: FEST series, VIRASAT series, National Conventions for students and teachers, National School Intensives, Music in the Park, the SPIC MACAY Scholarship Programme, heritage walks, talks by eminent thinkers, yoga and meditation camps, screening of classic cinema etc. Lately it has also started getting international artistes from other equally rich cultures to perform in India.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SPIC MACAY」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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