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Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0Lavani is a genre of music popular in Maharashtra, India.
01 · What it is
MusicVocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
Geography awaiting sourceAdd a cited source naming the region or community that carries it.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
1 cited sourceEvery claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What is lavani in plain words?
Lavani is a genre of music popular in Maharashtra, India.
Where is lavani practised or documented?
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What is the current condition of lavani today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
How do I cite or share this lavani entry?
Cite as: "lavani." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/lavani, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 1 sourceLavani is a genre of music popular in Maharashtra, India. Lavani is a combination of traditional song and dance, which particularly performed to the beats of dholki, a percussion instrument. Lavani is noted for its powerful rhythm. Lavani has contributed substantially to the development of Marathi folk theatre. In Maharashtra and southern Madhya Pradesh it is performed by the female performers wearing nine-yard long sarees also called Lugade saree. The songs are sung in a quick tempo.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Lavani”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
lavani is genre of Indian music, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
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