Matka players blow across the opening of the specially-shaped ceramic jug to create a low tone that keeps the beat of the song. They often add some flair to their performance by tossing and rotating the jug in the air as they play.

About Explore

Explore is a philanthropic multimedia organization that makes documentary films and photographs to showcase extraordinary nonprofit efforts and leaders around the world.

Through fact-finding missions to identify potential grant recipients, members of the Explore team see first hand where and how possible financial support might be used. Explore opens the door to a world most people never get to see - one that has been neglected by the mainstream media. Viewers meet the people affected by positive change catalyzed by philanthropy, and just as importantly, the leaders creating it.