Indian art and culture / Performing arts
Musical instruments and folk music
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- 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
Where to study
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 10
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII (prelims and contents)
- Theme 6
InsightsIAS, Ancient Indian History topic index
- Folk Music Tradition
UNESCO ICH Representative List: Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan (India, 2010)
- Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan (2010): description
UNESCO ICH Representative List: Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur (India, 2013)
- Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur (2013): description
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: India, elements on the Lists (with inscription years)
- Elements on the Lists: 2013 Sankirtana, ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII, Theme 6 Bhakti-Sufi Traditions: Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts
- Theme 6 Bhakti-Sufi Traditions, 7. The Chishtis in the Subcontinent: Amir Khusrau and the qaul (qawwali), pp. 18-19 (printed 157-158)
- Theme 6 Bhakti-Sufi Traditions, 7. The Chishtis in the Subcontinent (sama, qawwali); 8. New Devotional Paths (kirtan, abhang), pp. 18-26 (printed 157-165)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 10 Advent of Arabs and Turks, Music and Dance (the Sufi practice of Sama), p. 183 (printed 179)