Historic touch with Nepalese music is “Damai”

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The other group that has historic touch with Nepalese music is “Damai”. From the prospects of indigenous Nepalese rituals, culture and musical anthropology, the linkage of traditional musicians seems to be tied with the invention of “DAMAHA” (a flat drum generally structured by wood or metal and sometime even by roasted soil especially in “TABLA”, another type of flat twin being used in Nepalese music.)In Nepalese society, special group plays musical instruments in ceremonies, occasions, etc. to perform the rituals and tradition. These traditional musicians are known as “DUM” as well as “DAMAI”.
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The Nepalese cultural way of perceiving things and words and explaining and naming them, the word “Dum” seems to be derived symbolically after the sound of the traditional Nepali musical instrument “DAMAHA” in the sense that if we listen to the beat of the “DAMAHA” the sound produce is more or less like “DUM”. Similarly, the other word “DAMAI” denotes the functional linkage between “DAMAHA” and the person who plays it. The word “DAMAHA” is originated from “SANSKRIT” language. In “SANSKRIT” the person who plays “DAMAHA” is called “YAHA DAMAHA BADYATE”. As per the traditional way of synthesizing the long sentences in Nepalese society the above three worded SANSKRIT sentence seems to be synthesized and joined as “DAMA+YAHA” to indicate the drummer and thus this word might have been converted as “DAMAI” in Nepali language.

The early “DAMAIS” later invented another traditional instrument like “sahanai”. “DAMAIS” have been playing these musical instruments like sahanai for the generations in special MUHURATAS (time) of special sacred ritual ceremonies like “BRATABANDHA”(a Vedic Brahmanic ritual).Still today we can see “Damais” playing musical instruments like “damaha”, “sahanai”, “tanpura”, “panche baja”, “narsingha” etc. in special occasions like marriage ceremony, bratabandha, festivals, etc.

Nepalese musical instruments have great importance in Nepalese culture and society. Nepalese musical instruments are played in special ceremony like wedding, bratabandha (a Vedic Brahmanic ritual), and welcome ceremony and in any other ceremony or festivals. Different musical instruments are found in Nepal. Most of them are produced in Nepal. Musical instruments like “madal”(Two sided drum), ” sarangi” “damphu”, “damaru”, “basuri” (Flute), “sarangi”, “pancha Baja”, “ghunguru” (Ankle Bells), etc. There are several Nepali instruments, which are unheard, untouched and unexplored and Sarangi is one among them. sarangi musical instrument is played by sarangi. Nepalese musical instruments are enjoyed by all the Nepalese people especially on the occasions, festivals, or any other ceremonies.

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