The Beat of India.com stall was the sole representative of India at "Womex" the largest event of "World Music" that was held at Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

What is Womex?
The worldwide music expo WOMEX is the world's premier networking point exclusively dedicated to world, roots, folk, ethnic, traditional and local music of all kinds. After its premiere in Berlin (1994) and editions in Brussels (1995), Marseille (1997), Stockholm (1998) and Berlin (1999, 2000), it was held at De Doelen at Rotterdam in the Netherlands this year.

Launch of "Priye"
Beat of India.com's latest album of Love Songs titled "Priye" (Dearest) was launched at the fair and was very well received by the music lovers, journalists and distributors who had made their way to Rotterdam from all corners of the globe.

Bright colours, that are synonymous with India were fully represented at the Beat of India stall and it attracted both music lovers and those interested in doing business. Though the classical music of India has made a place for itself in the world market, the fantastic traditional music or 'folk music' has not got much exposure in the global music scene. Apart from a few titles of Rajasthan, music lovers do not know about and do not have access to the traditional music of India. Beat of India.com is playing the role of facilitator in filling this gap with the comprehensive and authoritative website, www.beatofindia.com and the release of CD and cassette titles that make this music available for the world audience.

The Beat of India website already has the largest database of folk music for free access available on any medium. It combines the songs in streaming audio files with video clips, lyrics, translations and a lot of other information.

In this year's fair there were
* More than 200 exhibitors over a 100 trade fair stands.  including Beat of India.com, Putumayo Music, Froots Magazine, Luaka Bop, Pan Records, Smithsonian Folkways, Union Square Music, World Music Network and umbrella stands of the British Council, Zone Franche, Finnish Centre, Dutch Corner, Profolk, Brazilian Institute, European Forum and others
* More than 1.800 delegates from more than 70 countries, including Real World, EMI,  UNHCR , Harmonia Mundi, Virgin and more than 200 journalists including BBC, Deuche Welle, Radio Netherlands, Radio Bremmen, Canadian Broadcasting and many others.