"Melancholy" (

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: मिलानकोली) is an environmentally-themed

song A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetiti ...

sung by 365 Nepali artists. This song was intended to promote an environmental message by breaking the

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for "Most Vocal Solos in a Song Recording", which it successfully did. It was written, music composed and directed by

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Nipesh Dhaka. The song was recorded as a single on 19 May 2016. The recording sessions were inaugurated by

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Khadga Prasad Oli Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli ( ne, खड्गप्रसाद शर्मा ओली, ; born 22 February 1952) is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served three terms as prime minister from 11 October 2015 to 3 Augu ...

at 8 am and continued until 6 pm. The song was released on 2 September 2017 by

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at Army Officer's Club,

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Background and concept

Nipesh Dhaka was involved in a variety of

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, as well as producing documentaries, including ''Himalaya Calls'' (2015), ''Melancholy'' (2017), and ''Rodhan''(2017). He visited almost districts of

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, and studied the environmental changes in different geological and ecological regions, and how they affected various communities. He also recorded a song by 206 Nepali artists in different studios of

and

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, including

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Madan Krishna Shrestha Madan Krishna Shrestha ( ne, मदन कृष्ण श्रेष्ठ; ) is a Nepali actor, comedian, writer, singer, song writer, director and producer. He is one of the most successful and respected comedians in the Nepali entertainm ...

Hari Bansha Acharya Hari Bansha Acharya ( ne, हरिवंश आचार्य) is a Nepalese actor, comedian, director, singer and writer. He is known for his method acting. He is one half of the comedy duo MaHa Jodi along with fellow comedian Madan Krishna ...

Prem Dhoj Pradhan Prem Dhoj Pradhan (6 June 1938 – 6 May 2021) was a Nepalese musician. He was a singer, composer, and regional playback singer. He sang in the two major languages of Nepal: Newari and Nepali. He was also known as the Golden Voice and King of R ...

, Vijaya Lama, Dr.

Bhola Rijal Bhola Rijal is a consultant Gynaecologist, Obstetrician and litterateur of Nepal. He has expertise in In-vitro fertilization In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm in vitro ("in glass ...

, Sambhujeet Baskota and

Rajesh Payal Rai Rajesh Payal Rai ( ne, राजेश पायल राई) (born 30 September 1975) is a Nepalese singer and actor. he is known as a singer in the Nepali music industry. He has done playback singing for more than 1500 hundred Nepali movi ...

. At that time he devised the concept for "Melancholy", with 365 artists collaborating on a single day. The slogan of the song was "Raise Voice, Save Earth". The event was conducted to break the

of "Most Vocal Solos in a Song Recording" and use this to promote awareness of

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issues. The song was recorded at

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by Prakash Kharel. On 1 February 2018, the song was certified by Guinness World Records.

Documentary

The documentary ''Melancholy'' is based on environmental research studies of all geographical regions of Nepal from 2013 to 2018. The documentary explores how human beings are affecting

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. It also addresses global environmental problems, such as declining

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, and

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, by examining sustainable development from Nepal's point of view. The 80 minute documentary discusses the nature of the ecosystem, and considers equality, equity, dignity, culture, and social impacts of environmental change. It has been shown in many schools, colleges, clubs, mother groups, communities, and societies in Nepal, and has raised funds for 83

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of Jaldevi Primary School, Rorang Village,

Dhading District Dhading District ( ne, धादिङ जिल्ला ), a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhading Besi as its district headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 338,658 ...

. It has also been screened at international conferences and film festivals.

Guinness World Record achievement

All 365 singers along with campaign coordinators, organizers, technicians, and volunteers were awarded Guinness World Records certificates for "Most Vocal Solos in a Song Recording", in collaboration with Nepal's Sustainable Environmental and Ecosystem Management (SEEM). This was done at a ceremony on 11 October 2018 at

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, commonly known as TU Cricket Ground or simply TU Ground ( ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट ...

, in the presence Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

Rabindra Adhikari Rabindra Prasad Adhikari (Nepali: रबिन्द्र प्रसाद अधिकारी) (4 May 1969 – 27 February 2019) was a Nepali politician and three-time parliamentarian, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party (NCP). He was ...

, veteran scholar

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, and senior singer

Artists

The soloists in order of group appearance were:Melancholy CD Audio & Booklet (24 pages), released on 2 September 2017. #

Madhav Prasad Ghimire Madhav Prasad Ghimire ( ne, माधव प्रसाद घिमिरे; 23 September 191918 August 2020) was a Nepali poet and scholar. He was honoured as the ''Rashtrakavi'' (National Poet) by the Government of Nepal in 2003. Some of h ...

(

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of Nepal)

Group A: Natural resources

Nipesh DHAKA

# Lochan Bhattarai #

Meera Rana Meera Rana, also Mira Rana (born 24 September 1951), is a Nepali singer who has sung over 1,600 songs in her 55-year musical career. She is considered a part of "Nepal's first wave of recording stars", recording folk, classical and even pop songs, ...

# Satya Raj Acharya # Sworup Raj Acharya # Sangeeta Rana Pradhan #

Prem Pariyar Prem Pariyar is Nepalese child singer who has performed in nepali movie series Nai Nabhannu La.He has released many Nepalese hit songs which were featured in Nepali movies such as ''Nai Nabhannu La ''Nai Nabhannu La'' () is a Nepalese romantic dr ...

# Manoj Raj Siwakoti # Menuka Poudel # Chandi Prasad Kafle # Anand Karki # Hemant Sharma # Bhupendra Rayamaji

Group B: Agriculture

Deepak Jangam

# Kiran Kandel # Parbisha Adhikari # Munna Gurung # Sunita Karki # Sahima Shrestha # Satya Kala Rai # Samjhana Oli #

Jhuma Limbu Jhuma Limbu is a Nepali singer, folk musician and music researcher. She has been actively researching about various Nepali folk music genres and instruments. She has released multiple albums, including an audio version of '' Mundhum'', the Limbu ...

# Jonisha Poudel # Bishwa Nepali # Sarita Shahi # Rejina Rimal # Ajaya Adhikari Sushil # Bhabin Dhungana # Anuska Pathak

Group C: Soil and life

Pradep Basel

CD Vijaya Adhikari CD Vijaya Adhikari ( ne, सि.डि. विजय अधिकारी; born 20 August 1991) is a Nepali singer and a music composer. He is the winner of The Voice of Nepal Season One. He also participated in an environmental song titled ...

# Narayan Babu Koirala # Bhugol Dahal # Manisha Rai # Menuka Rai # Shantim Koirala # Keshab Adhikari # Krishna Bashyal # Juna Prasai # Bhimsen Subedi # Kanchan Thalang # Parbin Thung Rai # Ganga Dhar Parajuli # Yogendra Upadhayaya

Group D: Mine and industries

Mahesh Khadka

# Mechu Dhimal # Sudam Thapa # Sindhu Malla # B.B. Anuragi # Prashamsa Shrestha # Prashna Sakya # Aarati Thapa # Manisha Pokharel # Hari Lamsal # Mahendra Dahal # Bidhan Shrestha # Swechhya Thakuri # Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal # Rajan Raj Shiwakoti

Group E: Watershed area

Anil Poudel

# Anu Dhakal # Sudesh Subedi # Bidhata Singh Bhattarai #

Milan Amatya Milan Newar (मिलन नेवार) is a popular singer from Nepal. She has been singing since childhood and is able to sing in multiple languages, including Nepali, Hindi, and Assamese. She is currently located in the UK for a music progr ...

# Rai Nabin # Bimala Bhusal # Rabindra Rai # Itu Jojiju # Rambhakta Jojiju # Shiva Chaudhary # Rukman Limbu # Suresh Lama # Jaljala Pariyar #

Deepak Limbu Deepak Limbu ( ne, दिपक लिम्बु): (born 4 May 1983) is a playback singer and winner of the first season of Nepali Tara of Nepal. He has done playback singing for more than one thousand nepali songs. He performed on a worldwide ...

# Bishhnu Chemjong

Group F: Farmer

Om Bikram Bista Om Bikram Bista () is popular musician, singer and composer of Nepalese music field. He is son of writer Daulat Bikram Bista. He is considered "King of Pop" in Nepal. He competed in "All Nepal Music Competition" at the age of 10 years. He also p ...

# Sashi Rawal # Shyam Maharjan # Radha Rai # Suren Chand # Aakanshya Basyal # Pushpan Pradhan # Anil Shahi # Shankar Thapa # Shreya Sotang # Sunil Singh Thakuri # Bishal Atreya # Kankaist Rai #

Ciney Gurung Ciney Gurung ( ne, सिने गुरुङ) is a singer, composer, and songwriter originally from Kurseong, Darjeeling and lives in Nepal now. She began her career with the hit songs "Timro Mayama" and "Mann". In 2009, Radio Kantipur named ...

Dharmendra Sewan Dharmendra Sewan (Nepali: धर्मेन्द्र परियार (सेवान)) is a Nepali singer, songwriter, composer and performer. He released his debut single "Yo Andheri Raat" in 2002. Sewan was also involved in '' Melanch ...

Group G: Renewable energy

Bharat Sitaula

# Sitaram Pokharel # Kabita Vishwakarma # Saru Gautam # Durga Pariyar # Santosh Shrestha # Narayan Oli # Rita K. C. # Rajeev Lohani # Apsara Ghimire # Kobid Bajracharya # Tika Devi Parsain # Prahlad Timilsina # Smita Ghimire

Group H: Diet and quality

Rekha Shah

# Susan Samsohang # Hari Gurung # Parjeet Lama # Pabitra Ghimire # Puja Pariyar # Bijesh Poudel # Uttam Khadka # Mausami Gurung # Binod Koirala # Suresh Manandhar # Aashish Diyali # Suman Gurung

Group I: Health

Sachin Singh Sachin Singh is an Indian Nepali language musician based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He has composed and arranged music for more than 45 Nepali films. He has also composed music for numerous music albums of various Nepali singers. He also participate ...

# Jeevan Kalapremi # Sanjaya Tumrok # Kamal Chhetri # Suraj Thapa # Hari Shankar Chaudhary # Sunaj Lamsal # Dr. Ranjeet Kumar Jha # Ajar Jangam # Puja Gurung # Sunil Giri # Sweta Upreti

Group J: Ecosystems

Shishir Yogi

# Rewat Rai # Urmila Kutu # Ram Chandra Kafle # Junu Rijal Kafle # Suman Sargam # Sunita Pradhan Limbu # Kamala Sapkota # Binod Baniya # Tara Laxam Limbu # Suman Nepali # Kushal Thalang # Prem Raj Poudel # Basanta Sapkota # Ritu Kandel

Group K: Forest ecology

Chetan Sapkota

# Risu Nepali # Laxmi DeviShrestha # Kamala Shrestha # Raj Kumari Thapa # Kishor Kumar Sharma Sedai # Prashuram Rijal # Sanu Tamang # Milan Moktan # Ramesh Raj Bhattarai # Nisha Deshar # Pramod Chandra Prasain # Laxmi Risal # Sanjeev Aale # Tulasi Parajuli # Roj Moktan

Group L: Human rights

Indira Joshi __NOTOC__ Indira may refer to: People * Indira (name) Films and books * ''Indira'', an 1873 novella by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee * ''Indira'' (film), directed by Suhasini Manirathnam * ''Indira'' (1989 film), a Hindi film (Hema malini as Ind ...

# Keshav Acharya # Prekshya Lamsal # Jams Pradhan # Deepa Lama # Ramesh Pathak # Bimal Parajuli # Rajesh Kumar Shrestha # Samyog Yogi # Narayan Acharya # Yubraj Chaulagain # Phul Kumar Bamjan # Parvati Karki

Group M: Peace

Hira Maya Waiba

# Devi Rokka # Deep Tuladhar # Fulmaya Darji # Ramesh Sangraula # Sunny Maharjan # Mamata Rai # D. R. Atu # Romi Basnet

Group N: Education

Komal Oli Komal Oli ( ne, कोमल ओली) (born 16 April) is a Nepali newscaster, radio and television personality, folk singer, entertainer and politician. She entered into Nepali politics recently and is a member of the federal national assembly ...

# Rozan Adhikari # Babul Giri # Tilak Bam Malla # Deepak Sharma # Jhuma Niraula # Dej Raj Poudyal # Smriti Shahi # Sworupa Rasaily # Rajendra Pokhrel # Thaneshwor Gautam # Biju Bajra #

Tika Bhandari Tika Bhandari ( ne, टीका भण्डारी) is a Nepalese song composer and singer of Nepali music. He has composed music for over 500 Nepali modern songs and has released a total of 23 music albums. He is best known for composing ...

# Desi Pritam Sherpa # Madan Gopal # Ashok Poudyal

Group O: National Property

Bishnu Khatri

# Khadga Garbuja # Kamali Kanta Bhetuwal # Sharmila Gurung # Dharma Gandari # Krishna Pariyar # Bharat Nepali # Jeevan Pariyar # Bhanu Bhakta Oli # Purna Kala B.C. # Ramji Khand # Nand Krishna Joshi # Bidhya Timilsina # Bhumika Shah # Ganesh Bhandari

Group P: Rural livelihood

Pashupati Sharma Pashupati Sharma is a Nepalese folk singer born on 31 October 1982 in Putalibazar Municipality Ward Number 3 of Syangja District, Nepal. Sharma moved to Kathmandu on 2003 for his further studies, as he was interested in singing. He started sing ...

# Sagar Birahi # Bima Kumari Dura # Jamuna Rana # Tika Pun # Sugam Thapa Magar # Himal Ghale # Manmohan Thapaliya # Samjhana Lamichhane Magar # Dev Raj Ale Magar # Parbati G.C. # Madhusudan Thapa # Khuman Adhikari # Sunita Dulal # Radhika Hamal

Group Q: Youth

Nabin Khadka

# Raju Dhakal # Smita Dahal # Sarita Thapa # Narayan Rayamajhi #

Devi Gharti Magar Devi Gharti Magar ( ne, देवी घर्ती मगर) is Nepali folk singer. She was born in Ramuwa village of Baglung district Nepal. She married Raju Dhakal on 2008. She meet Dhakal on 2004 in Folk Duet program. She was elected as o ...

# Asha Thapa # Laxmi Neupane # Rosani Rasaili # Puja Sunuwar

Group R: Natural disaster

Babu Bogati Babu Bogati ( ne, बाबु बोगटी) is a pop singer and actor from Nepal. He has also played in several television shows. He started off his career as a singer. He featured his first song called ''Maya Ko Aauti Chino''. After that he ...

# Amrit Bhatta # Babita Manadhar # Shristi Sunar # Bindu Pariyar # Partap Lama # Priya Upreti # Benuka Rai # Rajay Gurung # Krishna Reule # Sushma B.K. # Jhalak Sangraula # Raju Singh # Kala Rai #

Yogeshwar Amatya Yogeshwar Amatya (born Yogeshwor Prasad Amatya, 3 April) is a Nepali singer, musician, producer, actor, social activist, and photographer. He has sold more than 1 million records, making him one of Nepal's best-selling music artists and the b ...

# Aakriti Dangal

Group S: Human settlement

Debash Rai

# Shanti Ram Rai # Saru Ban # Paras Mukarung # Reshma Sunwar # Uttam Thapa # Amrit Chhetri # Simant Santosh # Banika Pradhan # Sashi Bikram Thapa # Shyam Kumar Bishwokarma # Bhisan Mukarung # Rhythm Kandel # Sarada Adhikari # Mingma Sherpa # Rakesh Oli

Group T: Society

Nirnaya Shrestha

# Puskal Sharma # Ruchi Shrestha # Ranjan Adhikari #

# Jamuna Sanam # Indra R.P. # Sanjana Shrestha # Binod Rai # Araj Keshav # Shambu Baniya # Arjun Kaushal

Group U: Human resource

Pramod Kharel Pramod Kharel ( ne, प्रमोद खरेल; born 6 November 1979) is a Nepalese singer. He is a versatile singer of the Nepali music industry. He has recorded more than 2000 songs of different genres. He is a coach in '' The Voice of Ne ...

# Arpana Shrestha # Kishor Lopchan # Pushpa Bohora # Shiva Sangit # Kamal Kiran # Durga Prasad Khanal # Narahari Premi # Bijaya Biswas Rai # Pramod Nirwan # Deepak Baraili # Malika Karki # Prakriti Thalang Limbu # Purusottam Poudel # Krishna B.K.

Group V: Nationalism

Gayatri Tripathi

# Prajwal Karki # Bhim Limbu # Aagantuk Kharel # Paras Prakash Nepal # Suresh Adhikari # Udesh Shrestha # Om Prakash Rai # Sachin Rai # Subash Chamling # Nimish Kattel # Parkash Saput # Suraj Shahi Thakuri # Rupak Shrestha # Pratap Das # Binay Karki Chhetri

Group W: Ecological cycle

Nispal Adhikari

# Prisha Shrestha

Group X: Eco-tourism

Prabhu Raj Dhakal

# Sunil Maskey # Bimala Rai # Saru Rai # Ram Sitaula # Govinda Madhur Acharya # Gyanu Rana # Bihani Bishowkarma # Balram Raj Banshi # Bam Bahadur Karki # Vijaya Lama # Ananda Rai # Dhanu Gyangmi Magar # Jasoda Limbu # Ankit Babu Adhikari # Prakash Gurung

Group Y: Climate change

Himal Sagar

# Yam Baral # Narayan Subedi # Madan Century # Shiva Ale # Dr. Ishan Gautam # Hemanta Kanchha Rasaily # Dr.

Hari Devi Koirala Hari Devi Koirala (; ''Née'' Bhattarai; born 30 March 1959) is a Nepalese singer. She has sung over 800 songs and recorded more than 80 albums, in a career spanning 5 decades. Koirala has received over 250 awards from literary, musical, and soci ...

# Sambhujeet Baskota # Gurudev Kamat # Krishna Bhakta Rai

Group Z: The Earth

Devika Bandana Devika Bandana is a Nepalese solo and playback singer. She has received national level awards including Gorkha Dakshin Bahu and Chinnalata Geet Purashkar. She also participated the song Melancholy, a song by 365 Nepali Artists which was record ...

# Durga Dahal # Prakash Katuwal # Shiva Shah #

Jaya Devkota Jaya Devkota, also sometimes known as Jay Devkota, ( ne, जय देवकोटा; born 8 March 1992) is a Nepalese folk singer. Born in Rukum Rukum District ( ne, रुकुम जिल्ला) was a "hill" and "mountain" district ...

# Devendra Babu B.K. # Aashik Prajapati # Miraj Thapa # Kumar Rana # Shuku Ram B.K. # Rakesh Soni # Nirmala K.C. # Bhuwan Prakash Badu # Desh Bhakta Kunwar # Deepak Kumar Shahi # Raju Shah # Biru Lama # Bibee Limbu # Ratna Shrestha # Nil Mani Bhandari # Kiran Pudasaini

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