Soulful Nepali Music in the Hills

Cultural tours · Darjeeling · 5 hours

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Overview

This experience fosters dialogue between oral folk traditions and the institutional documentation of Eastern Himalayan music.


  • Celebrate the indigenous cultures, music, and lives of villages in the Darjeeling Hills.
  • Explore remote landscapes and rustic settings while immersing in local sounds.
  • Hear tales of trade and travel interwoven with Nepali folk music.
  • Meet folk artists from Kachankawal, Jhapa District of Nepal, who travels miles by cycling, walking, and public transport to reach Darjeeling.
  • Enjoy live Nepali folk songs accompanied by the Sarangi, a jackfruit-wood instrument polished with pine resin, carrying centuries of tradition.
  • Discover how these oral traditions survive beside modern Nepali music and why they matter today.
  • Join conversations on instruments, stories of villages, and the cultural meaning behind each song.
  • Engage with songs passed down through generations, taught by forefathers, carrying legacies of love, trade, and resilience.
  • Understand how these farmer-musicians see music as worship, never weighed down by daily struggles.

Hosted in English, Hindi, Bengali

Meeting point

Pick-up location shared upon confirmation

Darjeeling, West Bengal

What is included

Guide

Pick-up and Drop-off