Ghazal
In recent years Kathmandu has been quick to embrace ghazal , an Indian popular style of music, as it has so many other cultural imports from south of the border. Troupes tend to work the better Indian restaurants, where they provide dinnertime accompaniment from a platform over to the side somewhere. A typical ensemble consists of amplified tabla, guitar, harmonium and/or synthesizer. The singer, who gets top billing, croons in a plaintive voice. Love is the theme, and the sentimental lyrics - typically in Urdu or Hindi, but increasingly in Nepali - draw from a long tradition going back to the great Persian poets. To catch a ghazal act, try Hotel Manang in Thamel Northwest; Amber, Ghar-e-Kebab or Moti Mahal in Durbar Marg; Raj Gharana on Kamaladi; or Ghoomti in the Bishal Bazaar on New Road.
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