{{Short description|none}} <!-- This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" - please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! --> [[File:Cham dance during Dosmoche festival in Leh Palace DSCN5692 1.jpg|thumb|[[Dosmoche]] festival in Leh Palace]] '''Music of Ladakh''' reflects a rich musical heritage and [[Culture of Ladakh|cultural legacy]] of [[Ladakh]]. Ladakhi music is similar to the music of [[Tibet]]. Ladakh is also called ''Mini Tibet''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ladakh's Tibet Connection |language=en |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/travelnews/story/55596/ladakhs-tibet-connection |access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Zaitchik |first=Alexander |date=2006-08-27 |title=Ladakh, 'Little Tibet', Comes of Age |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/travel/27surf.html |access-date=2021-05-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Dance== [[File:Ladakhi girls dancing.jpg|thumb|Ladakhi dance]] The popular dances in Ladakh include the ''Khatok Chenmo'' which is headed by an respectable family member, ''Shondol'',<ref>{{cite web | title=Ladakhi Shondol dance makes it to Guinness book of records | website=The Tribune | date=2019-09-22 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/j-k/ladakhi-shondol-dance-makes-it-to-guinness-book-of-records-836232 | access-date=2020-09-07}}</ref> Some other dance forms includes ''Kompa Tsum-tsak'' ''Jabro'' ''[[Cham dance|Chaams]]'': ''Chabs-Skyan Tses'' ''Raldi Tses'' and ''[[Alley Yaato]]''

==Music== The traditional music of Ladakh includes the instruments of Daman, surna and piwang ([[shehnai]] and [[drum]]). Chanting of mantras in Sanskrit and Tibetan language plays an important role in Ladakhi music.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dollsofindia.com/library/article0010/2/| title = Masks: Reflections of Culture and Religion| publisher = Dolls of India| access-date = 2006-08-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110710143621/http://www.dollsofindia.com/library/article0010/2/| archive-date = 10 July 2011| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Ladakhis]] *[[Ladakh]] {{Music of India}}

==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Ladakh]] [[Category:Music of India]]

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