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'''Music of Sikkim''' ranges from traditional Nepali folk music to Westernized [[Pop music|pop music]]. The ethnic communities, [[Lepcha people|<br />
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The main traditional style is the Nepali folk music known as [[Tamang Selo]], This music of the Tamang community is performed to the rhythmic sound of “[[Damphu drum|Dhamphu]]”, a musical instrument. Western-style pop is popular in the region, as well as western-style foreign music styles.<br />
[[File:Hira_Devi_Waiba.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Hira Devi Waiba]], pioneer of Nepali folk songs in India]]<br />
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== Tamang Selo ==<br />
This is a musical genre of the [[Tamang people]] and popular amongst the Nepali speaking community in West Bengal, Sikkim, India and around the world. It is accompanied by Tamang instruments, the [[Madal]], [[Damphu drum|Damphu]] and [[Tungna]], although nowadays musicians have taken to modern instruments. A Tamang Selo can be catchy and lively or slow and melodious and is usually sung to convey sorrow, love, happiness or day-to-day incidents and stories of folklore.<ref>{{Cite web|last=(ACCU)|first=Asia⁄Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO|title=Asia-Pacific Database on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)|url=https://www.accu.or.jp/ich/en/arts/A_NPL12.html|access-date=2018-07-21|website=www.accu.or.jp}}</ref><br />
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[[Hira Devi Waiba]] is hailed as the pioneer of Nepali folk songs and Tamang Selo. Her song '[[Chura ta Hoina Astura]]' (चुरा त होइन अस्तुरा) is said to be the first Tamang Selo ever recorded. She has sung nearly 300 songs through her musical career spanning 40 years.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 January 2011|title=Hira Devi dies of burn injuries|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta (Kolkata)|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/hira-devi-dies-of-burn-injuries/cid/445656|access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-12-07|title=चुरा त होइन अस्तुरा – पहिलो तामाङ सेलो गीत ? – Tamang Online|language=en-US|work=Tamang Online|url=http://www.tamangonline.com/news/13540|access-date=2018-07-21}}</ref> After Waiba's death in 2011, her son Satya Aditya Waiba (producer/manager) and [[Navneet Aditya Waiba]] (singer) collaborated and re-recorded her most iconic songs and released an album titled [[Ama Lai Shraddhanjali]] (आमालाई श्रद्धाञ्जली-Tribute to Mother).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Daughter revives mother's songs|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170126/jsp/siliguri/story_132419.jsp|access-date=2018-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-01-10|title=Songs of Tribute|language=en-US|work=The Himalayan Times|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/music/songs-of-tribute-navneet-aditya-waiba-and-satya-aditya-waiba/|access-date=2018-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=छोराछोरीले दिए हीरादेवीलाई श्रद्धाञ्जली|language=ne|url=https://www.kantipurdaily.com/literature/2017/11/04/20171104075616.html|access-date=2018-07-21}}</ref> The duo are the only individuals in the Nepali folk music genre who produce authentic traditional Nepali folk songs without adulteration or modernisation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-10|title=Music Khabar हिरादेवी वाइवाका गीतलाई पुनर्जीवन - Music Khabar|url=http://musickhabar.com/2016/12/29/16166/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610202829/http://musickhabar.com/2016/12/29/16166/|archive-date=2018-06-10|access-date=2020-06-28}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=26 January 2017|title=Daughter revives Mother's songs|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170126/jsp/siliguri/story_132419.jsp|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202035251/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170126/jsp/siliguri/story_132419.jsp|archivedate=2 February 2017|website=The Telegraph}}</ref><br />
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== Western influence ==<br />
Sikkim along with other northeastern states is a centre for western-style music in India.<br />
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[[Hip hop music|Hip-hop]], [[K-pop]] and [[Rapping|Rap]] music is most popular among teenagers and the youths of Sikkim.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Culture of Sikkim]]<br />
[[Category:Music of Indian subdivisions|Sikkim]]<br />
[[Category:Nepalese music|Sikkim]]<br />
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