Music of Himachal Pradesh

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	A lady playing the Tanpura, c. 1735 (Rajasthan)
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The music of Himachal Pradesh a state of India, includes many kinds of folk songs from the area, many of which are sung without accompaniment. Sindhu bairavi

Styles[edit]

Jhoori (IAST: Jhoori)

is a type of song that celebrates extramarital romance. It is popular in Mahasu and Sirmaur, and is accompanied by a female dance called

jhoomar (IAST: jhoomar)

.

Laman songs from Kullu Valley are another type of love song.

Saṃskāra songs are sung at festivals and celebrations by women of Himachal Pradesh. These songs are based on ragas, which are compositions of Indian classical music, as are the martial jhanjhotis (IAST: jhanjhotis)

.

Ainchaliyan (IAST: Ainchaliyan)

are religious songs, sung at the bride's house after a wedding and by women at the home of an unmarried girl.

In Chamba-Pangi, wandering musicians play a khanjari (IAST: khanjari)

(tambourine) and perform, also using string puppets.

Musical instruments[edit]

Percussion[edit]

Himachal Pradesh folk music features a wide variety of drums, including dammama (IAST: dammama)

,

damanght (IAST: damanght)

,

gajju (IAST: gajju)

,

doru (IAST: doru)

,

dhaunsa (IAST: dhaunsa)

,

nagara (IAST: nagara)

,

dholku (IAST: dholku)

,

nagarth (IAST: nagarth)

,

tamaka (IAST: tamaka)

,

dafale (IAST: dafale)

,

dhol (IAST: dhol)

,

dolki (IAST: dolki)

and

hudak (IAST: hudak)

. Non-drum percussion instruments include the

ghanta (IAST: ghanta)

and

ghariyal (IAST: ghariyal)

(gongs),

chimta (IAST: chimta)

(tongs),

manjira (IAST: manjira)

and

jhanjh (IAST: jhanjh)

(cymbals),

ghungru (IAST: ghungru)

(bells),

thali (IAST: thali)

(platter) and

kokatha murchang (IAST: kokatha murchang)

.

Winds[edit]

Band at the Royal Palace, Sarahan, HP, India

There are also wind instruments like algoja/algoza (IAST: algoja/algoza)

(twin flutes),

peepni (IAST: peepni)

,

shehnai (IAST: shehnai)

(oboe),

bishudi (IAST: bishudi)

(flute),

karnal (IAST: karnal)

(straight brass trumpet) and

ranasingha (IAST: ranasingha)

(curved brass trumpet).

Strings[edit]

String instruments include gramyang (IAST: gramyang)

,

riwana (IAST: riwana)

(a small fretless lute),

sarangi (IAST: sarangi)

(bowed lute),

jumang (IAST: jumang)

,

ruman (IAST: ruman)

,

ektara (IAST: ektara)

and

kindari davatra (IAST: kindari davatra)

.

Singers[edit]

Mohit Chauhan's 'morni', Karnail Rana's various folk songs, Dheeraj's love songs and Thakur Das Rathi's 'Naatis' has given great contribution to the music of Himachal Pradesh. New initiatives like Mountain Music Project and Laman are giving Himachali folk a contemporary sound.

Modern Himachali Music[edit]

References[edit]

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