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Music of Sikkim ranges from traditional Nepali folk music to Westernizedpop music. The ethnic communities,Lepcha,Limbu,Bhutia,Kiratis andNepalis constitute the music which is an ingrained part of Sikkimese culture.
The main traditional style is the Indian folk music known asTamang Selo, This music of the Tamang community is performed to the rhythmic sound of “Dhamphu”, a musical instrument. Western-style pop is popular in the region of Assam and Sikkim, as well as western-style foreign music styles.
This is a musical genre of theTamang people and popular amongst the Nepali speaking community in West Bengal and Sikkim in India and around the world. It is accompanied by Tamang instruments, theMadal,Damphu andTungna, although nowadays musicians have taken to modern instruments. ATamang Selo can be catchy and lively or slow and melodious and is usually sung to convey sorrow, love, happiness or day-to-day incidents and stories of folklore.[1]
Sikkim along with other northeastern states is a centre for western-style music in India. Tribal Rain, a highly popularNepali acoustic experimental band is from the Sikkimese townNamchi.[2]
Hip-hop,K-pop andRap music is most popular among teenagers and the youths of Sikkim.
