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Folk Music, Folk Dances, Folk Stories, Folk Lores

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Item Detail Year / Reference
Kalbelia — UNESCO inscription Representative List of ICH of Humanity 2010
Devnarayan Phad-Bhopa — UNESCO inscription Representative List of ICH of Humanity 2013
Ghoomar — State Dance designation Official State Dance of Rajasthan 2023
Kamayacha — strings 12 strings (3 main + 9 sympathetic) Sangeet Natak Akademi, 2021
Kamayacha — active masters Fewer than 15 (critically endangered) 2024–25
Sakar Khan Manganiar — award Padma Shri 2012
Lakha Khan Langha — award Padma Shri 2012
Gulabo Sapera — award Padma Shri 2016
Gavri Devi (Maand) — award Padma Shri 1982
Alla Jilai Bai (Maand) — award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1961
Ravanhatha — resonator material Coconut shell (with goatskin membrane)
Ravanhatha — community Bhopa community
Pabuji — home district Phalodi, Jodhpur 14th c. CE
Pabuji ki Phad — GI Tag Bhilwara, Rajasthan 2010
Devnarayan epic — word count >1,000,000 words (one of the world's longest oral folk epics in active performance tradition) Komal Kothari Research Centre, 1989
Runicha Mela — annual attendance 5–6 lakh pilgrims RTDC Fair Statistics 2023-24
Parbatsar Fair (Tejaji) — significance India's largest cattle fair (Nagaur) RTDC Fair Statistics 2023-24
Gogaji — district of origin Dadrewa, Churu 9th–10th c. CE
Terahtali — number of manjiras 13 (9 right knee, 2 left knee, 2 wrists)
Terahtali — community Kamad community (Nagaur-Pali)
RIFF (folk festival) — launch year 2007, Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur
Morchang Festival (Barmer) Annual; draws musicians from 12+ countries Since 2017
Ghoomar Festival 2025 All 7 divisional HQs simultaneously November 2025
RISA tribal brand Rajasthan tribal folk arts → commercial brand March 2026
Jasnath sect founder — dates Jesnath Ji, 1482–1527 CE, Katariyasar (Bikaner)
Fire Dance community Jasnathi Siddha (Bikaner district)
Bhavai dance — risk status Critically endangered (<50 active performers, 2023)