Music of Haryana

Music of Haryana
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National anthem	"Jana Gana Mana"
National song	"Vande Mataram"
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The Indian state of Haryana has produced a number of kinds of folk music, and has also produced many important innovations in Indian classical music.

The folk music of Haryana has been spread by the Bhats, Saangis and Jogis. Musical instruments include:

Bansary: wind instrument with an ancient history
Been - two bamboo pipes fixed in a gourd, associated with snake charmers
Iktara - a stringed instrument with one string, made from a piece of bamboo with a gourd at one end. Associated with the Jogis. The iktara's two-strined relative is the dotara.
Sarangi - a bow instrument, used both in Haryana's folk and classical music
Shankg - a sacred wind instrument, associated with Vishnu
Shehnai - wind instrument

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