Music_of_Assam Music_of_Assam

Music of Assam - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Erato, Euterpe, Orpheus, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Arrangement, Babel, Copy, Din, Draft, Edition, Harmonics, Harmony, Hullabaloo, Hymnal, Hymnbook, Libretto
Music of India
Genres
Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani)
Bhajan
Bhangra
Filmi
Ghazal
Rock, Pop and Hip hop
Timeline and Samples
Awards Bollywood Music Awards - Punjabi Music Awards
Charts
Festivals Sangeet Natak Akademi – Thyagaraja Aradhana – Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana
Media Sruti, The Music Magazine
National anthem "Jana Gana Mana", also national song "Vande Mataram"
Regional music
Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Andhra Pradesh – Arunachal Pradesh – Assam – Bihar – Chhattisgarh – Goa – Gujarat – Haryana – Himachal Pradesh – Jammu – Jharkhand – Karnataka – Kashmir – Kerala – Madhya Pradesh – Maharashtra – Manipur – Meghalaya – Mizoram – Nagaland – Orissa – Punjab – Rajasthan – Sikkim – Tamil Nadu – Tripura – Uttar Pradesh – Uttaranchal – West Bengal
Other South Asian music
Afghanistan - Bangladesh - Bhutan - Maldives - Nepal - Pakistan - Sri Lanka

The music of Assam, a state in the northeastern part of India, can be divided into various categories of folk music. Assam consists of different communities of people all having their own culture and music.

Some categories are:

  • Regional Folk Music
    • Kamrupriya Lokageet
    • Goalporiya Lokageet
    • Ojapali
  • Ethnic Folk Music
    • Jhumur
    • Bharigaan [1] (http://www.geocities.com/bipuljyoti/music/bharigaan.html)
  • Bihugeet
  • Borgeet
  • Bongeet
  • Biya Naam
  • Nisukoni geet


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