Music of Mordovia
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The music of the Republic of Mordovia has a long history. The Republic of Mordovia is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). Its national anthem
is "Shumbrat, Mordovia!" (Hail, Mordovia!) by Sergey Kinyakin and Nina Kosheleva, adopted in 1995.
Mordovian folk music has become an inspiration for revivalist work of contemporary groups, such as Toorama
. Bakich Vidiai is an Erzya
pop singer.
, a double-chantered bagpipe.
National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
is "Shumbrat, Mordovia!" (Hail, Mordovia!) by Sergey Kinyakin and Nina Kosheleva, adopted in 1995.
Mordovian folk music has become an inspiration for revivalist work of contemporary groups, such as Toorama
Toorama
Toorama is a music group from Saransk, Mordovia in Russia, performing traditional songs and music of Mordvin ethnic groups, namely Erzya, Moksha, Shoksha, and Qaratay.- History :...
. Bakich Vidiai is an Erzya
Erzya language
The Erzya language is spoken by about 500,000 people in the northern and eastern and north-western parts of the Republic of Mordovia and adjacent regions of Nizhniy Novgorod, Chuvashia, Penza, Samara, Saratov, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan in Russia...
pop singer.
Instruments
Among the traditional Mordvin musical instruments is the puvamaPuvama
The puvama is a type of bagpipe of the Mordvin people of Mordovia, in the eastern part of the East European Plain of Russia....
, a double-chantered bagpipe.