Rajasthani folk music is a beautiful treat to hear and an eclectic way to witness the various colourful aspects of Rajasthan. This state is home to several centers of Indian musical development, including Udaipur, Jodhpur, and Jaipur. It’s easy to find similarity in this region’s music with nearby areas of India and the other side of the border, in the Pakistani province of Sindh.
In Rajasthan there are diverse musician castes, including the Langas, Sapera, Bhopa, Jogi and Manganiar. There are two traditional classes of musicians: the Langas, who stuck mostly exclusively to Muslim audiences and styles, and the Manganiars, who had a more liberal approach. A cultural show often puts the two together for the tourists. Men and women wear colourful attires and together perform at these shows. The musicians take pride in singing ballads of heroes like Devnarayan Bhagwan, Gogaji, Ramdeoji, Pabuji and Tejaji. In fact, the songs may vary according to the season you would go visiting as the celebration of changing seasons is also very central to folk music here.
