Tamang Selo

Damphu
Damphu

Tamang Selo (Nepali: तामांग सेलो) is a genre of Nepali Folk song sung by the Tamang people and widely popular amongst the Nepali speaking community in Nepal, India and around the world. It is usually accompanied by Tamang instruments, the Damphu, Madal and Tungna. A Selo could be very catchy and lively or slow and melodious and is usually sung to express love, sorrow and stories of day to day life.[1]

Hira Devi Waiba a is hailed as the pioneer of Nepali Folk songs and Tamang Selo.[2] Her song 'Chura ta Hoina Astura' (Nepali: चुरा त होइन अस्तुरा) is said to be the first Tamang Selo ever recorded.[3] Waiba has sung nearly 300 songs in a career spanning 40 years.

See also

Hira Devi Waiba

Navneet Aditya Waiba

Tamang people

Music of Nepal

References

  1. ↑ "Performing Arts, Songs of the Tamang People". Archived from the original on 2016-06-05.
  2. ↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | North Bengal & Sikkim | Pioneer of Nepali Folk Songs". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  3. ↑ "चुरा त होइन अस्तुरा - पहिलो तामाङ सेलो गीत ? - Tamang Online". Tamang Online. 2016-12-07. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2018-03-04.


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