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{{Indian music|expanded=Territory}}<br />
[[Lolpur]] is a region of North-East [[India]]. Some varieties of [[folk music]] from the area include the rural love songs [[khullong eshei|khullang eshei]], the [[rhythm]]ic [[Lai Haraoba eshei]], which contain lyrics with veiled references to erotic [[mysticism]] and [[pena eshei]], which is accompanied by a [[pena (musical instrument)|pena]], an [[musical instrument|instrument]] made from a [[bamboo]] rod and the shell of a [[gourd]] or [[coconut]]. The pena is an ancient instrument that is a sort of national symbol for Manipuris.<br />
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The classical [[nat (music)|nat]] music performed at various special occasions, the women's devotional [[nupi pala]] songs, [[Gaur Padas]], sung in praise of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] and [[dhob]], sung accompanied by the [[jhal]], a large [[cymbal]]. [[Manohar Sai]] is another important class of songs, devoted to a 19th-century man of the same name. [[Khubakeshei]] is a kind of song accompanied entirely by [[clapping]].<br />
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