July 8, 2025
Sydney 29

How a Malayali ‘chenda’ ensemble performed with Hanumankind at Coachella

For siblings Jeffrey Kochuveettil and Jonathan Kochuveettil, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, a chenda (traditional Kerala percussion instrument) brought to the US by their grandfather Thomas Vattakatt during one of his visits in the ‘90s was not a mere novelty item but a relic of their roots in Thodupuzha, Kerala. The instrument slowly evolved […]