Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In harmonious 3/3 time, the feet of the Siddi people bounce up and down with vigor, excitement and ...

Jayan Cherian's film "Rhythm of Dammam," screened at the 55th International Film Festival of India, showcases the Siddi community's culture and struggles. The film, shot entirely in the Siddi dialect, ...

For many years, Gopi Sanna Siddi has been called “crazy” by the people in her village of Kuntagani in Hulasihonda, Karnataka. She wears a delirious smile, talks to herself, and loves telling stories ...

Writer-director Jayan Cherian’s Rhythm of Dammam is billed as the first-ever feature film to explore the Siddi community, the descendants of Africa’s Bantu people, and their Konkani dialect. Rhythm of ...

Writer-director Jayan Cherian’s Rhythm of Dammam is billed as the first-ever feature film to explore the Siddi community, the descendants of Africa’s Bantu people, and their Konkani dialect. Rhythm of ...

Rajkot: The Siddi community — people of African origin settled in Gir Somnath district who have traditionally been engaged in labour or seafaring — are set to become the face of India's "blue economy" ...

Tucked away in the heart of Gujarat, far from the state’s popular tourist trails, lies a village unlike any other in India. Home to the Siddi tribe, this community traces its ancestry to Africa, ...

The stunningly shot and evocative Rhythm of Dammam, in Siddi Bhasha, is the first fictional feature ever to be made on the Indian Siddi community that traces its ancestry to Africa. In the film, the ...