Music of Sikkim
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Music of India: Topics | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||
Timeline and Samples | |||||||||
Genres | Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani) - Rock - Pop - Hip hop | ||||||||
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" | ||||||||
Music of the states | |||||||||
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 |
Sikkim is a state of India. It is a center for western-style music in India, and has been since the rise of bands like Orchids and Naren Rasaily's Flickers, beginning in about 1968. This period ended in about 1973, though it was revived by 1982 when Shooting Star and Soul Saviour (a reincarnation of Flicker).
Sikkim is largely Nepali, and popular Nepali folk singers include Bejamin Rai. Sukmit Lepcha is another Nepali-styled singer.