Sarangi (Nepali)

| sound sample =[[File:Sarangi Music by Balaram Gandarbha.ogg|thumb|center|Sarangi performed by Balaram Gandharba in Kathmandu.]]

| sound sample =[[File:Sarangi Music by Balaram Gandarbha.ogg|thumb|center|Sarangi performed by Balaram Gandharba in Kathmandu.]]

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The '''Nepali sarangi''' ({{langx|ne|नेपाली [[wikt:सारङ्गी|सारङ्गी]]}}) is a Nepali folk instrument. It is a chordophone played by bowing. Traditionally in Nepal, the Sarangi was only played by people of [[Gandarbha]] or [[Gaine|Gaine caste]] (both contested and interchangeable terms), who sing narrative tales and folk song, however, in present days, its popularity extends beyond the Gandharba community and is widely used and played by other caste members as well. It has also garnered much interest in other music genres, such as Nepali rock and film music.{{Cite book |last1=Burbank |first1=Jon |title=Nepal |last2=Elias |first2=Josie |publisher=[[Cavendish Square]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-7614-8013-6 |edition=3rd |location=New York, NY |pages=93–94 |language=en |oclc=772120571}}{{Cite book |last1=Hutt |first1=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3PYnDwAAQBAJ |title=Political Change And Public Culture In Post-1990 Nepal |last2=Onta |first2=Pratyoush |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2017 |isbn=9781316996287 |page=158 |language=English}} While the Sarangi has become the quintessential Gandharba instrument, its counterpart, the ''[[arbajo]]'',{{cite book|author1=James McConnachie|author2=Rough Guides (Firm)|title=World music: the rough guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzX8THIgRjUC&pg=PA198|accessdate=24 March 2012|year=2000|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-636-5|pages=198–}}{{cite book|author=Alison Arnold|title=South Asia: the Indian subcontinent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&pg=PA698|accessdate=24 March 2012|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1|pages=698–}}. ''... one of the most important of these rites is puja 'worship' performed to music of the sararigi and the arbajo, believed to be its predecessor.''

The '''Nepali sarangi''' ({{langx|ne|[[wikt:नेपाली|नेपाली]] [[wikt:सारङ्गी|सारङ्गी]]}}) is a Nepali folk instrument. It is a chordophone played by bowing. Traditionally in Nepal, the Sarangi was only played by people of [[Gandarbha]] or [[Gaine|Gaine caste]] (both contested and interchangeable terms), who sing narrative tales and folk song, however, in present days, its popularity extends beyond the Gandharba community and is widely used and played by other caste members as well. It has also garnered much interest in other music genres, such as Nepali rock and film music.{{Cite book |last1=Burbank |first1=Jon |title=Nepal |last2=Elias |first2=Josie |publisher=[[Cavendish Square]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-7614-8013-6 |edition=3rd |location=New York, NY |pages=93–94 |language=en |oclc=772120571}}{{Cite book |last1=Hutt |first1=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3PYnDwAAQBAJ |title=Political Change And Public Culture In Post-1990 Nepal |last2=Onta |first2=Pratyoush |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2017 |isbn=9781316996287 |page=158 |language=English}} While the Sarangi has become the quintessential Gandharba instrument, its counterpart, the ''[[arbajo]]'',{{cite book|author1=James McConnachie|author2=Rough Guides (Firm)|title=World music: the rough guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzX8THIgRjUC&pg=PA198|accessdate=24 March 2012|year=2000|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-636-5|pages=198–}}{{cite book|author=Alison Arnold|title=South Asia: the Indian subcontinent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&pg=PA698|accessdate=24 March 2012|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8240-4946-1|pages=698–}}. ''... one of the most important of these rites is puja 'worship' performed to music of the sararigi and the arbajo, believed to be its predecessor.''

which is a plucked lute, has fallen into obscurity.

which is a plucked lute, has fallen into obscurity.