Traditions of Music and Dance is a refereed scholarly journal which carries essays, reviews, and reports in the area of traditional music and dance research. Traditions of Music and Dance was established in 1949 as the Journal of the International Folk Music Council, and it is published in English by the ICTMD Secretariat.

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