Music of Mizoram - Definition and Overview

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

Mizoram is a region in India. Its folk music is based around the drum and gong, though there is also a long history of flute-playing which is now defunct. The drums are made from a hollow tree trunk and the gongs, made of brass, are similar to those found in Myanmar.

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