Encyclopedia - Indian Folk Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Folk Dances - Bardo Chham Arunchal Pradesh
A fascinating folk dance of Sherdukpens - a small community of West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh, Bardo Chham depicts the victory...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Folk Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Folk Dances - Karma Munda Bihar
The traditional dance gets its name from the Karma tree, which stands for fortune and good luck. The ceremony starts with the planting of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Folk Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Folk Dances - Ruk Mar Nacha Orissa
This is a rudimentary form of the more evolved Chhau dance of West Bengal. Performed in the Mayurbhanj district of Orissa, it has its bas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Dance: Encyclopedia - Indian Dance
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Indi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nautch: Encyclopedia - Nautch
Nautch, a word used in several languages of North India, is an Indian term for “dance”, and indicates several forms of popular dancin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Folk Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Folk Dances - Goti Pua Orissa
The goti puas are boy dancers who dress up as girls. They are the students of the akhadas, or gymnasia, established by Ramachandradeva in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bihu Dance: Encyclopedia - Bihu Dance
The Bihu dance is a folk dance from the Indian state of Assam related to the festival of Bihu. This joyous dance is performed by both you...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circle Dance: Encyclopedia - Circle Dance
Circle dance, is the most common name for a style of dance usually done in a circle without partners to musical accompaniment. It became ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bihar: Encyclopedia - Bihar
Bihar (बिहार in Devanagari) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country. Its capital is Patna. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India
Arts and entertainment in India have a rich and ancient history. Right from ancient times there has been a synthesis of indigenous and fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of India: Encyclopedia - Culture Of India
The culture of India is one of the oldest cultures in the world. In modern India, there is remarkable cultural diversity throughout the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Art: Encyclopedia - Indian Art
The vast scope of the art of India intertwines with the cultural history, religions and philosophies which place art production and patro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bangladesh: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bangladesh
The Culture of Bangladesh has a unique cultural history, dating back more than 2500 years ago. The land, the rivers and the lives of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obeah: Encyclopedia - Obeah
Obeah is a term used in the West Indies to refer to folk magic or sorcery. While the term may be used in a general sense, it is mainly us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Music Of The United Kingdom
Music from the United Kingdom has achieved great international popularity since the 1960s, when a wave of British musicians helped to pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia - Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. The name is a conflation of Bomba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Bangladesh - Music Dance And Drama
Music and dance style of Bangladesh may be divided into three categories, namely, the classical, folk and the modern. The classical style...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - Dance
Main article: Indian classical dance, Indian folk dances Indian classical dance is performed in different styles. Its theory can be trace...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - Music
Indian music includes multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, and classical music. India's classical music tradition, including Carnati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Art - Interrelationship In Indian Arts
In the Indian context, the visual arts (sculpture, painting and architecture) are tightly interrelated with the non-visual arts. Accordin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Bangladesh - Music, Dance And Drama
Music and dance style of Bangladesh may be divided into three categories, namely, the classical, folk and the modern. The classical style...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Desi: Encyclopedia Ii - Desi - Music
A unique style of music has arisen amongst the Indian communities of the United Kingdom. Artists like Panjabi MC (who has an album called...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bihar: Encyclopedia Ii - Bihar - Government & Politics
Nominally Bihar is headed by a Governor, who is appointed by the President of India. The real executive power rests with the Chief Minist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bihar: Encyclopedia Ii - Bihar - Economy
There was a division of Bihar in 2000, when the industrially advanced and mineral-rich part of the state was carved out as the separate s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bihar: Encyclopedia Ii - Bihar - History
Bihar - Ancient. Bihar has a very rich history. It was called Magadha in ancient times. Its capital Patna, then known as Pataliputra, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Dance Style Categories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Dance Style Categories - Concert Dance / Performance Dance
List of dance style categories - Historical dance. Historical dance Masque Medieval dance » Renaissance dance » Baroque dance » 18...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Dance Style Categories: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Dance Style Categories - Social Dance / Participation Dance
List of dance style categories - Historical dance. Historical dance (see Concert dance / Historical dance) List of dance style cate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Bhutan: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Bhutan - Classical And Folk Music
Bhutan was first united in the 17th century, during the reign of Zhabdrung Ngawang' Namgyal (1594-1652); the same period saw a great blos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of India - Folk Music
Main article: Indian folk music The arrival of movies and pop music weakened folk music's popularity, but cheaply recordable music has ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of India - Dance
India offers a number of classical dance forms, each of which can be traced to different parts of the country. Each form represents the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Bollywood Song And Dance
Bollywood film music is called filmi music (from Hindi, meaning "of films"). Songs from Bollywood movies are generally pre-recorded by pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old-time Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Old-time Music - Old-time Music As Dance Music
Instrumental old-time music is traditionally played for dances, and is considered to be dance music. As such, there is not much showiness...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Kashmir: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Kashmir - Kashmir
Rouf is an ancient dance performed on holidays, especially the evenings of Ramzan and IDD dayes. It is performed by women. The dance base...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Afghanistan - Folk Music
Main article: Afghan folk music Afghan folk instruments include the ghichak (fiddle), dutar, rubab, zirbaghali, badakshani (flute) and cy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of India - Qawwali
Main article: Qawwali Qawwali is a Sufi form of devotional music based on the principles of Hindustani classical. It is performed with on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of India - Classical Music
Main article: Indian classical music The two main traditions of classical music have been Carnatic music, found predominantly in the peni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of India - Classical Music
Main article: Indian classical music The two main traditions of classical music have been Carnatic music, found predominantly in the peni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of India - Art
Culture of India - Painting. Main article: Indian painting Indian painting is an old tradition, with ancient texts outlining theories...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanbur: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanbur - Macedonia
The tambur is a traditional long necked string instrument with a pear-like body, made of walnut. The instrument was originally brought to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Art - Folk And Tribal Art
longside the classical art, there have been evolving, changing, transforming, folk and tribal art traditions. These art forms are the vis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of India - Movies
Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based film industry in India. Bollywood and the other major cinematic hubs (Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Greece - Folk Music
Main article: Greek folk music Greek folk traditions are said to derive from the music played by ancient Greeks. There are said to be two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of India - Pop Music
Main article: Indian pop. The biggest form of Indian pop music is filmi, or songs from Indian musical films. Independent pop acts such as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old-time Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Old-time Music - Learning Old-time Music
Players traditionally learn old-time music by ear; even those musicians who can read music generally learn and play old-time tunes by ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Bollywood Awards
The Indian screen magazine Filmfare started the first Filmfare Awards in 1953. Modeled after the poll-based merit format of the Academy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Native American Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Native American Music - Folk Song
Native American folk is usually religious in nature, and is used to communicate spiritually with the heavens and to pray for good luck. E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - Literature
Main article: Indian literature Indian literature is generally acknowledged, but not wholly established, as the oldest in the world. Indi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of India - Pop Music
Main article: Indian pop. The biggest form of Indian pop music is filmi, or songs from Indian musical films. Independent pop acts such as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Switzerland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Switzerland - Folk Music
Due to a lack of detailed records, little is known about Swiss folk music prior to the 19th century. Some 16th century lute tablatures ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Bollywood Awards
The Indian screen magazine Filmfare started the first Filmfare Awards in 1953. These awards were to be Bollywood's version of the Academy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - Architecture
Main article: Indian architecture Indian architecture is that vast tapestry of production of the Indian Subcontinent that encompasses a m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Turkey: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Turkey - Folk Music
Main article: Turkish folk music The folklore of Turkey is extremely diverse, consequently the music. Nevertheless, Turkish folk is domin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mangalore: Encyclopedia Ii - Mangalore - Culture
With several famous pilgrim centres, a trip to Mangalore is incomplete without watching the classic Yakshagana - an elaborate dance - dra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Maryland - Folk Music
Maryland's folk music heritage remains little studied. There have been no major musicological studies in Maryland, though some Anglo-Amer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Turkey: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Turkey - Modern History
The traditional music of Turkey is composed of two major traditions with distinct characteristics. The first one is Turkish folk music, c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Genre Conventions
Most Bollywood films would be classified as musicals. Few movies are made without at least one song-and-dance number. However, they do no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old-time Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Old-time Music - Regional Styles
There are numerous regional styles of old-time music, each with its own repertoire and playing style. Nevertheless, some tunes (such as "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era - Appalachian Folk Music
Main article: Appalachian folk music The Appalachian Mountains have long been a center for cultural innovation, in spite of only sparse s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts And Entertainment In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts And Entertainment In India - New Media
Arts and entertainment in India - Cinema. Indian actresses through the years Patience Cooper (1920s - 1940s) Nandita Das (1990s - pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old-time Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Old-time Music - Instrumentation
Old-time music is played using a wide variety of stringed instruments. The instrumentation of an old-time group is often determined solel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - History
Cinema first came to India in 1896, when the Lumiere Brothers’ Cinematographe showed six short films in the Watson Hotel. Three years l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Bangladesh - Religion In Bangladesh
Bangladesh is ethnically homogenous, with Bengalis comprising 98% of the population. Most Bangladeshis (about 83%) are Muslims, but Hindu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Thailand: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Thailand - Arts
Thai visual art was traditionally primarily Buddhist. Thai Buddha images from different periods have a number of distinctive styles. Cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old-time Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Old-time Music - History
Reflecting the cultures that settled North America, the roots of old-time music are based in the traditional musics of the British Isles ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of India - Cuisine
The earliest Indians, the Harappans, probably ate mainly wheat, rice and lentils, and occasionally meats such as pork, lamb, goat and chi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Finances
Bollywood budgets are usually modest by Hollywood standards. Sets, costumes, special effects, and cinematography were less than world-cla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - History
Main article: History of Indian cinema Cinema first came to India in 1896, when the Lumiere Brothers’ Cinematographe showed six short f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mami Wata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mami Wata - Mami Wata In Popular Culture
Mami Wata is a popular subject in the art, fiction, poetry, music, and film of the Caribbean and West and Central Africa. Visual artists ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tara Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tara Buddhism - Emergence Of Tara As A Buddhist Deity
Within Tibetan Buddhism Tara is regarded as a Bodhisattva of Compassion. She can be seen as the female aspect of Avalokitesvara, and in s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Controversies
Bollywood - Accusations of plagiarism. Constrained by rushed production schedules and small budgets, some Bollywood writers and musicia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolai Rimsky-korsakov: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolai Rimsky-korsakov - Overview Of Compositions
See List of compositions by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Rimsky-Korsakov was a prolific composer. Like his compatriot Cui, his greatest effor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - India: Encyclopedia Ii - India - Culture
Main articles: Arts and Entertainment in India and Culture of India India has a rich and unique cultural heritage, and has managed to pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Bangladesh - Culture
Bangladesh has a vibrant culture that encompasses traditions both old and new. The Bangla language boasts a rich literary heritage, most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Bangladesh - Culture
Bangladesh has a vibrant culture that encompasses traditions both old and new. The Bangla language boasts a rich literary heritage, mostl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of France - Folk Music
Main article: French folk music As Europe experienced a wave of roots revivals, France found its regional cultures reviving traditional m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Ireland - Traditional Music
Irish traditional music, like all traditional musics, is characterized by slow-moving change, which usually occurs along accepted princip...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil People: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil People - Culture
Tamil people - Language and literature. Main articles: Tamil language, Tamil literature Tamils have strong feelings towards the Tamil l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Dialogues And Lyrics
The film script (frequently credited as "dialogues") and the song lyrics are often written by different people. The dialogues are mostly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Cast And Crew
Bollywood employs people from all parts of India. It attracts thousands of aspiring actors and actresses, all hoping for a break in the i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - India: Encyclopedia Ii - India - Geography
India's northern and northeastern states are partially situated in the Himalayan Mountain Range. The rest of northern, central and easter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Canada - Folk Music
Canadian folk music includes Quebecois, English, Irish,Scottish and First Nations and Inuit forms, as well as other genres from immigrant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Thailand: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Thailand - Religion
Thailand is primarily a Theravada Buddhist country, with minorities of Muslims, Christians, Mahayana Buddhists, and other religions. Thai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Cowell: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Cowell - Early Life
Born in rural Menlo Park, California, to two bohemian writers—his father was an Irish immigrant and his mother, a former schoolteacher,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Cowell: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Cowell - Imprisonment
Cowell, who was bisexual, was arrested and convicted on a "morals" charge in 1936. Sentenced to a decade-and-a-half incarceration, he wou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Mythology
Satyrs are most commonly described as having the upper half of a man and the lower half of a goat or, less commonly, the lower half of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States - American Roots Music
Main article: American roots music The first musicians anywhere in North America were Native Americans, who consist of hundreds of ethnic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musical Styles Violin: Encyclopedia Ii - Musical Styles Violin - Fiddle
When played as a folk instrument, the violin is ordinarily referred to in English as a fiddle. One very slight difference between "fiddle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Indonesia: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Indonesia - Pop And Folk Music
Indonesian pop and folk is quite diverse, embracing rock, house, hip hop and other genres, as well as distinctly Indonesian forms. There ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Controversies
Bollywood - Accusations of plagiarism. Constrained by rushed production schedules and small budgets, some Bollywood writers have been k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - India: Encyclopedia Ii - India - States And Union Territories
India is divided into twenty-eight states (which are further subdivided into districts), six Union Territories and the National Capital T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - India: Encyclopedia Ii - India - Holidays
Further information: List of Festivals in India India has three National Holidays. Other sets of holidays, varying between nine to twelve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindustani Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindustani Classical Music - History
Music has long been important to Hinduism, especially for many Vaishnavite sects. The advent of Islamic rule under the Delhi Sultanate an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ira Hayes: Encyclopedia Ii - Ira Hayes - Commemoration
The tragic story of his life was immortalized in a song, "The Ballad of Ira Hayes," by Peter LaFarge and performed by Johnny Cash and Bob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krishna: Encyclopedia Ii - Krishna - Krishna In The Performing Arts
The earliest mention of any performance based on the Krishna story is mentioned in Patanjali's Mahabhashya. But it is not clear what kind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollywood: Encyclopedia Ii - Bollywood - Cast And Crew
Bollywood employs people from all parts of India. It attracts thousands of aspiring actors and actresses, all hoping for a break in the i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Maryland - Popular Music
Maryland has produced popular musicians from many fields, including doo wop and hardcore punk, as well as the gangsta rap of Tupac Shakur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Maryland - Music History
The documented music history of Maryland begins during the colonial era, in the 18th century. Prior to that, Native Americans lived in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - India: Encyclopedia Ii - India - Culture
India has a rich and unique cultural heritage, and has managed to preserve its established traditions throughout history. It has always a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Folk Dances: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Folk Dances - Padayani Kerala
Padayani or Padeni in colloquial speech is one of the most colorful and spectacular folk arts associated with the festivals of certain te...   » Read the article

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This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - I . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article