Global hit
Today’s Global Hit comes to us from Sri Lanka. That’s where the musical duo Bathiya and Santhush have provoked controversy. They’ve ruffled feathers by adding back-beats and pop vocals to traditional Sri Lankan music. And it doesn’t help that their music regular tops the charts. Anna Sussman recently caught up with them in the capital Colombo.
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