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KEY TERMS
Fundamental : basic/very important
Native : connected with the place where you were born/indigenous
Panchai Baja : a group of five folk musical instruments (Narasingha, Jhyali, Sahanai,
Tyamko and Nagara)
Transfer : move from one to next
Unique : very special

Activities

a. Divide the students of your class into four groups. Let them sing folk songs
they know of any community.
b. What role can you play for the preservation and promotion of folk songs,
instruments, tunes and dances in your community? Prepare a short plan.

Exercise

Answer the following questions:
a. Define folk culture and discuss its major characteristics.
b. What is a folk song? Write four characteristics of a folk song.
c. What is a folk musical instrument? Make a list of six popular folk musical
instruments of Nepalese society and give introduction of any one.
d. Draw a figure of a folk musical instrument of your community and write a
short description on it.
e. What is a folk dance? Why is it called a cultural symbol of a particular
community?
f. What is a folk tune? To which festival is a Malshree tune related?

g. “Folk song and Folk dance are interrelated with each other.” Explain it.

Community Work

a. Collect the names of folk songs, folk musical instruments, folk tunes and
folk dances in your community. Discuss and present them in an appropriate
table.
b. Write the complete lyrics of a folk song of your local community and present
it in the class.
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