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Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Malsiri Raga in Panchai Baaja

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Description	Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Malsiri Raga in Panchai Baaja Performers: Dhan Bahadur Nepali and friends Date of Recording: 1998 Caste: Damai Collector: Ram Prasak Kadel “Maalashree Raga” is a special raga that is performed during Dashain to please different deities associated with the festival. The musical performance is usually carried out in popular temples and historical palaces by ethnic music groups such as Damai and Gandharva in their own traditional ways. Here, a popular Panchai Baja group of Nepal performs the raga in the premises of the Shiva temple Tripureshowr. This video shows Damai musicians playing various melodies on panchai baajaa. They are very skilled at switching seamlessly from one melody to the other. Instruments: panchai baajaa
Manage No	VI00000590	Running Time	06'34"
Country	Nepal
ICH Domain	Performing Arts, Social practices, rituals, festive events
Videos Photographer	Ram Prasak Kadel	Year	1998
Place	Nepal	File Size	N/A
Definition	N/A	File Format	N/A
Copyright	Music Museum of Nepal (MMN), ICHCAP

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VI00000591 Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Folk Melodies in Sarangi and Jhamtaar
Nepal's Hereditary Musician Castes_Folk Melodies in Sarangi and Jhamtaar Performers: Padam Gandharva, Surbahadur Gandharva Date of Recording: 1994 Caste: Gandharva Collector: Ram Prasad Kadel Here two Gandharva musicians, Padam Gandharva and Surbahadur, Gandharva, perform some popular folk tunes of Nepal in Sarangi and Jhamtaar. Both Gandharva are very famous musicians in their communities. Sarangi is a very popular string instrument of Nepal, whereas Jhamtar is a rare string instrument. The Music Museum of Nepal has filmed this video for its archive, which hosts various rare folk songs and dances of Nepal. Instrument: saarangi, jhamtaar

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Nepal 1994