There is a great tradition of folk songs started by Bhikhari Thakur, an artist from the Bhojpur region. The influence of Bihari music is seen in regions such as Mauritius, South Africa and the Caribbean, where many Bihari indentured labourers were taken during the nineteenth century as well as Pakistan and Bangladesh where many Bihari Muslims migrated to after the partition of India. There are songs like sohar - performed during childbirth, sumangali - associated with wedding, ropnigeet - performed during the season of sowing paddy, katnigeet - performed during the paddy harvesting season. Religiosity is the pivot around which the music and amusements of the village folk of Bihar revolve. The historical ballads dealing with the heroic deeds of the freedom fighter Kunwar Singh have also been immortalized through folk songs in the plain tracts of Bihar. ![]() ![]() ![]() The region's folk songs are associated with the various events in the life of an ordinary person. ![]() The classical music in Bihar is a form of the Hindustani classical music. 1735 (Rajasthan)īihar, a state of India, has produced musicians like Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan and dhrupad singers like the Malliks ( Darbhanga Gharana) and the Mishras ( Bettiah Gharana) along with poets like Pandit Dhareekshan Mishra, Bhikhari Thakur, the shakespeare of Bhojpuri and Vidyapati Thakur who contributed to Maithili Music.
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