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Music Of Nepal
Music of Nepal refers to the various musical genres played and listened to in Nepal. With more than fifty ethnic groups in Nepal, the country's music is highly diverse. Genres like Tamang Selo, Madheshi Hori, Chaitawar, Chhathiyaar dhun, Chyabrung, Dohori, Adhunik Geet, Bhajan, Filmi music, Ghazal, Classical music, songs and Ratna music are widely played and popular, but many other less common genres are yet to be cataloged. Western musical genres like Rock, Metal, Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B also regularly feature on the Nepalese music charts. Most of the country's musical bands are based in the Kathmandu valley. Musical genres from Tibet and India have greatly influenced Nepalese music. Genres Tamang music The Tamang community is well known for the Damphu, a traditional instrument. Tamang Selo music is accompanied by the Damphu and Tungna. It is said that British people derived the idea of making drum sets from Damphu during their stay in India. Some modern Tamang Selo mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damphu Drum
A damphu, or damfoo (Nepali language, Nepali: डम्फु), is a percussion instrument similar to a large tambourine. This instrument is used by the Tamang people of Nepal to play the melodious Music of Nepal#Tamang music, Tamang Selo. According to folklore Damphu was invented by Peng Dorje, a Tamang King and named it after Himalayan monal, Nepal's national bird the ''Daphne bird. It is also played by the gurung and magar people of nepal.'' The Damphu and Tungna are the main instrument of the Tamang people and Gurung people. these two instruments are said to be the 'nail and flesh' on a finger. History Many stories exist in the Tamang community about how the drum was first made and became an accompaniment to Tamang songs. It is said Peng Dorje once killed a particularly beautiful deer which deeply saddened his wife and was in tears so and Peng Dorje decided to cheer her up. He created the drum using the deer beautiful skin. First, he bought a strip of wood and made a circle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalanidhi Indira Sangeet Mahavidyalaya
Kalanidhi Indira Sangeet Mahavidyalaya ( Nepali: कलानिधि इन्दिरा संगीत महाविद्यालय) is an institution that teaches classical music in Nepal. It was established in 1963. This College is acknowledged and accredited by Bhat Khande Sangeet M.V. in Lucknow, India and by Prayag Sangeet Samiti in Allahabad India. Pandit Ranga Rao Kabambari was the first principal. Subsequent principals were Pt. Ganesh B. Bhandadri, Sangeet Pravin Nar Raj Dhakal, and Mohan Prasad Joshi. It offers music courses including: * Vocal * Keyboard * Guitar * Israj * Sarod * Kathak Dance * Sitar * Charya Dance * Violin * Traditional Dance * Tabala * Folk Dance References Music schools in Nepal 1963 establishments in Nepal {{Nepal-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kutumba (band)
Kutumba is a Nepalese instrumental folk music band. It only uses Nepalese traditional musical instruments such as bamboo flutes, sarangi, madal, tungna, dhol, jhyamta, arbajoo, dhime, dhyangro, damphu, khin, and singing bowl. The band recorded a single for season 6 of Coke Studio Pakistan, which aired in late 2013. They have collaborated with other Nepali artists such as Navneet Aditya Waiba, Satya Aditya Waiba, Albatross Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Paci ..., Hari Maharjan, 1974 AD and Astha Tamang Maskey. They competed in the AI Song Contest 2021 alongside Diwas, Chepang, and Hari Maharjan with the song "Dreaming of Nepal", placing 17th with 15 points. Discography *''Forever Nepali Folk Instrumental'' (2004) *'' Folk Roots'' (2005) *''Naulo Bihani'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakash Saput
Prakash Bishwakarma, better known as Prakash Saput () is a Nepalese singer, composer, model, and actor, known for his contribution towards Nepali folk music. He is known for raising social and political awareness through his music. He gained recognition from the masses with the song '' Bola Maya'' in 2018. Since then he has produced numerous hit folk songs raising his status as one of the most popular singer in Nepal and Nepali diaspora worldwide. He made his debut in Nepali movie with ''Pardesi 2'' (2023) which was commercially successful and appeared in socio-drama ''Purna Bahadur ko Sarangi'' (2024) which broke many records at the box office and went on to become the highest-grossing Nepali movie of all time. Personal life Prakash Saput comes from a Dalit family, because of which he experienced caste-related discrimination in his early life. Since his childhood, he has enjoyed singing and dancing in local occasions in his village. When he was a kid, he wanted to be an act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesh Dahal
Ramesh Dahal ( Nepali: रमेश दहाल ) is a Nepali songwriter and lyricist. He was born in 1978 in Mainapokhari, Dolakha. He writes songs in various genres including modern, patriotic, pop, and folk music, and has published two collections of his song lyrics. Early life and education Dahal spent his childhood at Charikot, Dolakha. His father wrote song lyrics which he also performed, which served as an inspiration. He graduated from Kalinchwok Secondary School in 1995. He has studied civil engineering, and he has Master's degrees in sociology and business studies; he also studied environmental science and policy at Clark University. Writing He started writing song lyrics as a teenager in 1990, when he was still at school. In 2000, his first song 'Pheri Timro Samjnale' was recorded; in the following year, the song "Phool Ko Thunga" with music by Ram Thapa and lyrics by Dahal was recorded for Radio Nepal. He has recorded more than 300 songs, and published two c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Lama
Aruna Lama (9 September 19454 February 1998) was an Indian-born Nepali language singer from Darjeeling. She is popularly known as 'Nightingale of the Hills'. She sang hundreds of Nepali songs, including some for Nepali film, and left an indelible mark as one of the best singers in Nepali music. Biography Lama was born on 9 September 1945 at Ghoom Pahar, Darjeeling, British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in South Asia. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another ... to Nepali parents Surya Bahadur Lama and Sanmaya Lama. Her uncle C.B. Lama inspired her to sing from the age of 7. She won a music competition organized by the Gorkha Dukha Niwarak Sammelan (GDNS) in 1956 at the age of 11 and then she never looked back. Amber Gurung, one of the stalwarts of Nepali music, groomed her in singing from 1958. Aruna Lama did h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narayan Gopal
Narayan Gopal Gurubacharya () (4 October 1939 – 5 December 1990), known professionally as Narayan Gopal and N. Gopal was a popular singer and composer of Nepali music. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons in Nepal, he is referred to as "Swar Samrat" ( Nepali: स्वर सम्राट, meaning: Emperor of Voice) in Nepal. He also sang in Nepal Bhasa. Owing to his vocal range he was capable of singing songs of every Nepalese genre. Often, his songs were accompanied by the sitar, harmonium and flute. He was also a music director from the 1950s to the 70s and belongs to the first generation of professional Nepali singers. His songs have been showcased in several movies and dramas across the country. Narayan Gopal released 137 songs during his lifetime, his first songs were composed by his friends Prem Dhoj Pradhan and Manik Ratna. Gopal was one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century and received many awards during his lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ama Lai Shraddhanjali (Nepali Music Album)
''Ama Lai Shraddhanjali'' ( Nepali: आमालाई श्रद्धाञ्जली. English translation: Tribute to Mother) is a Nepali folk music album by Navneet Aditya Waiba and Satya Waiba, released on 3 November 2017 in Patan Museum, Kathmandu, Nepal. It was released by OKListen. The album is a tribute to Legendary Nepali folk singer the late Hira Devi Waiba, Navneet and Satya's mother. The music arrangement for the album was done by Rubin Kumar Shesthra of Kutumba. It received good reviews for her "gentle ndpowerful" voice. Background After Hira Devi Waiba's death in 2011, the brother and sister duo tasked themselves to re-arranging and recording her songs and in 2015 they handpicked seven of her most iconic and popular songs for this album. The recording process took two years to complete. Track listing See also * Navneet Aditya Waiba *Music of Nepal Music of Nepal refers to the various musical genres played and listened to in Nepal. With mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navneet Aditya Waiba
Navneet Aditya Waiba is an Indian singer who primarily sings in Nepali-language and the daughter of the late Hira Devi Waiba, the pioneer of Nepali folk music. Navneet and younger brother Satya Aditya Waiba (producer/manager) attempt to maintain the essence of the folk music genre by producing authentic traditional Nepali folk songs using traditional musical instruments. Early life Navneet Aditya Waiba was born to mother Hira Devi Waiba and father Ratan Lal Aditya, and was raised in the hill town of Kurseong in West Bengal, India. Both Nanveet and Satya grew up in a musical environment owing to their mother and grandfather Sri Singh Man Singh Waiba who also happened to be their mother's musical mentor/coach. Education and previous career Navneet obtained her Master of English (MA) degree from North Bengal University, West Bengal, India. She worked as a senior flight purser with Cathay Pacific Airlines, Hong Kong. Musical career Team Satya Aditya Waiba, her br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hira Devi Waiba
Hira Devi Waiba (9 September 1940 – 19 January 2011) was an Indian folk singer in the Nepali-language and is hailed as the pioneer of Nepali folk songs. Her song " Chura ta Hoina Astura" is said to be the first Tamang Selo (a genre of Nepali folk music) ever recorded. Hira Devi Waiba is the only Nepali folk singer to have cut albums (in 1974 and 1978) with His Master's Voice. She was the sole Grade A Nepali Folk Singer with All India Radio. She was also the first musical artist that Music Nepal, a leading music house in Nepal recorded and released an album of. Before that Music Nepal only released compilation and remastered songs Life and music Hira Devi Waiba came from a family of musicians from Ambootia Tea Estate near Kurseong in West Bengal and was one in the line of a long generation of Nepali folk singers and musicians. She was born to parents Singh Man Singh Waiba (father) and Tshering Dolma (mother). She has sung nearly 300 folk songs during her musical career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
