Saturday, August 29, 2015

Nepali Music

Nepali Music
Music of Nepal refers to the various musical genres of Nepal. With more than fifty ethnicity, the music of this country is highly dispersed phenomenon. Although genres like pop, rock, folk, and classical music exist, a huge number of such genres are yet to be cataloged. Many musical bands exists in Nepal, with a huge number in Kathmandu- most of the recent ones focused in pop and rock. Rap has been known to emerge on the charts from time to time. The modern history is very short one. At times when big and private music companies were mushrooming in the western cities, Kathmandu got its first radio station, radio Nepal in the year 1952. Since the Radio Nepal has expanded to become the dominant radio station all over the country, which helped in the uprising of many key figures in the field, notably Shiva Shankar, Natikaji, Narayan Gopal, Arun Thapa Magar (also known as Arun Thapa),  Dharmaraj Thapa, Jhalak Man Gandharva, and in the female Arene Koili Devi Mathema, tara Devi, Aruna Lama. Those music genres which have roots in Nepal can be considered as indigenous Nepalese music. In Nepal there are three different kinds of music. Among them one cultural type of song is called dohori. Dohori is Nepali Folk song.  This is Unique type of song in the world.

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