Cultural Activities (Traditional General Knowledge) (Part-VI)

The musical instrument ‘Kartal’ from the state of Rajasthan comes under the category of idiophones.

‘Chinkara’ is a stringed musical instrument popular in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

The Kamaicha is a bowed lute played by the Manganiars of West Rajasthan. The instrument is one piece of wood, the spherical bowl extending into a neck and fingerboard; the resonator is covered with leather and the upper portion with wood.

In Arunachal Pradesh, a sword-like instrument called the Pony Yoksi is used during ritual dances performed by priests.

The wood of the jackfruit wood is used to make a large plucked string instrument used in Carnatic classical music, known as the Bobbili Veena/Saraswati Veena.

Marfati’ songs are traditional folk songs of Bangladesh.

Pakhawaj is not a vocal form of Hindustani classical music. The other three are vocal forms of Hindustani classical music.

Poush Mela displays local artisans displaying folk dances, music, food and culture of West Bengal.

Chyap-Brung is the traditional musical instrument of the Limboo community of Sikkim.

Tappa is a distinctive style of Hindustani music. These songs are often in the Punjabi language. The credit for establishing it as court singing in the Mughal period goes to Shourie Mian. The other three songs belong to Uttar Pradesh.