Music of Nepal
It is said that British people derived the idea of making drum sets from Damphu during their stay in India.
Some modern Tamang Selo music also shows influences of western and Indian instruments.
[6] Dohori is a genre of Nepali folk music and has roots in the rural courtship traditions.
One of the most famous singers of this genre was late Narayan Gopal who was also known as a "Swar Samrat", meaning King of 'Voice' in Nepali.
He sang hits like "Euta Manchhe Ko", and "Yeti Dherai Maya Dii".
Some significant contributors to this music style are Maha Kavi Vidyapati Thakur, Udit Narayan Jha and Sharda Sinha.
Gurungs have an ancient tradition of Rodhi[19] where young people meet, sing and dance to folk songs, and share their views.
Music also plays a big role in the Gurung ritual of Argum, which is performed when someone in the community dies.
Rai (Khambu) celebrate Sakela, a dance performed during the occasion of "Udauli" and "Ubhuali" which is the most important festival of Kirati peoples .
"With influence from Tibet, this Nepalese music is characterized by unison singing and occasional accompaniment on the damian, a stringed instrument in the lute family that provides a strong rhythmic base.
The musicians generally sing in Helambu (a Sherpa-Tibetan dialect) and sometimes in Tibetan on themes of religion, a desire for material wealth, the natural landscape, and a “sense of an ordered world in contrast to the nomadic pattern of many peoples’ lives” (Bishop).
The Tharu people sing songs like Sajana, Maghiya, and Dashainya mostly in the western parts of Nepal.
[25] Notable Bhajan singers Bhakta Raj Acharya, Koili Devi Mathema.
The Gazal is a poetic form of music consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter.
A gazal may be understood as a poetic expression of pain, loss and separation, beauty of love and nature.
Motiram Bhatta introduced the written form of gazal in Nepali language circa 1890.
As a result, there is a growing number of startups like Baja Nepal[27] and other local initiatives that are emerging to encourage the conservation of folk music.
[28] Some notable acts are: R younker ( Ranjan Raj Khanal ) [29] With the growth and development of the Nepali music industry, different award ceremonies are held in different parts of the country, some focusing local talents.
Since then the organization has been awarding Nepali classical maestros once a year on the occasion of Atul Jayanti.
