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'''Seevali''' is the [[Reed (mouthpiece)|reed]] used when playing the [[nadaswaram]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kolappan |first1=B. |title=A simple grass that brings out the mellifluous music of nagaswaram |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/a-simple-grass-that-brings-out-the-mellifluous-music-of-nagaswaram/article38000413.ece |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |date=20 December 2021}}</ref> a [[double reed]] [[wind instrument]] from [[South India]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=University |first=Vijaya Ramaswamy, Jawaharlal Nehru |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALUvDwAAQBAJ&dq=nadasvaram+ancient+tamil&pg=PA161 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Tamils |date=2017-08-25 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0686-0 |pages=161 |language=en}}</ref> The nadaswaram is used as a traditional [[Carnatic music|classical]] instrument in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Karnataka]] and [[Kerala]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Venkatasubramanian |first=T. K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzurjfF3AE4C&dq=nadasvaram+music&pg=PA50 |title=Music as History in Tamilnadu |date=2010 |publisher=Primus Books |isbn=978-93-80607-06-1 |pages=50 |language=en}}</ref> and in the northern and eastern parts of [[Sri Lanka]].<br />
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The reed is made by drying and shaping grass. The reeds are traditionally produced by an artisan family in the village of [[Thiruvaduthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Kolappan |first1=B. |title=A simple grass that brings out the mellifluous music of nagaswaram |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/a-simple-grass-that-brings-out-the-mellifluous-music-of-nagaswaram/article38000413.ece |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |date=20 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The seevali makers of Thiruvavaduthurai |url=https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/the-seevali-makers-of-thiruvavaduthurai/ |website=People's Archive of Rural India |language=en |date=16 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Thiruvaduthurai]]<br />
* [[Music of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/the-seevali-makers-of-thiruvavaduthurai/ Documentary on seevali production]<br />
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