Nepal folk musician singing and playing the sarangi

Nepali folk musician/singer called Gaiy-Nay's form the bedrock of propagating folk/traditional music of Nepal. They farm for a living -But during winters once the harvest season is over and the rains stop they travel to other parts of Himalayan/India around the Darjeeling/Sikkim belt to sing and earn money. Their instrument of choice is the SARANGI. This practise of also similar to the JOGI tradition which deals with a TANTRIC practise.

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• guynay
• Jogi
• sikkim
• sarangi

[sikkimeseorg]

Thanks for the compliment.. I will try and link up..

[inku73]

great documentation!

[sikkimeseorg]

Thanks.. It was a pleasure documenting.. I only wished I had a better camera while documenting it. I just used my camera phone.

[TheSanikuri]

Kasto mitho dhun, kasto gajjabako swor... I wish I was the that little guy. He seems very talented on playing sarangi.

[AmitabhBachab]

@ Krishna they're Nepali sarangi, it has only four strings. I like it much better than the indian classical one.

[KRISHNARAJIYENGAR]

is this a special sarangi? sounds quite different than the pure classical one

[mspun2007]

sooo nice

ekdamai daami.

[suzmybiz]

this is great reminds me back home nepal u know this is our country. lot's of talented people and look how cool it is. they used to come and sing in my home my grandmother used to listen to them every week. they really have a good talent. proud to be nepali

[paasu]

ganga matrai pabitra hoina mero kanai pabitra bhayo aja....they really need a big stage to perform....sarangi ra gandarba jogau abhiyan ma lagnu parcha ...

Jai des!!!!

[utubesahi]

They are fantastic..sounds so original.They are so talented...god bless them with a breakup ..in a big stage..