Indian art and culture / Performing arts
Musical instruments and folk music
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- 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
- Baul (Bengal), Bhatiali, Pandavani (Chhattisgarh, Teejan Bai), Khongjom Parba (Manipur ballad), Powada (Maharashtra), Sufiana and qawwali
- Kirtan, bhajan, abhang, sankirtan, qawwali as devotional musical forms of the Bhakti and Sufi traditions