UPSC · Prelims and Mains
Ancient and Medieval History, Art and Culture
← Performing artsMusical instruments and folk music
- Natyashastra classification: tata (string), sushira (wind), avanaddha (percussion), ghana (solid)
- Manganiyars and Langas: hereditary Muslim musician communities of western Rajasthan (kamaicha, sindhi sarangi)
- Manipuri Sankirtana (UNESCO 2013): song, dance and drumming (pung, kartal cymbals) narrating Krishna's life; not cymbals alone
- Regional folk music
- Kirtan, bhajan, abhang, sankirtan, qawwali as devotional musical forms of the Bhakti and Sufi traditions
