‘Soul of the mountains’: Arunachal CM shares video of local artiste performing Monpa song

The nearly two-minute video is winning over the netizens and has gathered hundreds of likes. Appreciating the song, a Twitter user commented on the post, “Plaintive, melodious and soothing! Good wishes to the artist! Sir, the pics. and clips of rich art, craft, festivals and culture, shared occasionally are new and treat to eyes and ears! Good wishes .”

Today near the Bhutan border at Bongleng village in Tawang district.

An artiste from Monpa Institute of Performing Arts (MIPA) presents a melodious Monpa song, playing the ‘dramyin’, a traditional musical instrument. @incredibleindia @MDoNER_India @MinOfCultureGoI @tourismgoi pic.twitter.com/cbFHKfU7rr

— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) February 10, 2022

Beautiful! We would love to bring them on #TheSlowApp and let a much larger audience enjoy and appreciate their work!
Let us connect back with our cultural heritage — and give identity, self-respect and more earnings to our artistes.@TheSlowMovement @PemaKhanduBJP https://t.co/zzlgSbuf0E

— Neelesh Misra (@neeleshmisra) February 10, 2022

Beautiful India ❤️🇮🇳 https://t.co/aGkV0moVof

— 🌟M RS🌟 (@29Sathriyan) February 10, 2022

बहुत सुन्दर गीत प्रस्तुति की है

— RAMUK DAI (@DaiRamuk) February 10, 2022

Beautiful melody Your Excellency. Resembles Bhutanese music!🙏🙏🙏

— Ugyen Wangdi (@wangdi_ugyen) February 10, 2022

Plaintive, melodious and soothing !
Good wishes to the artist !👍
Sir, the pics. and clips of rich art, craft, festivals and culture, shared occasionally are new and treat to eyes and ears !
Good wishes 🙏.

— 🇮🇳 SUN_JOY 🇮🇳 (@Sanjay89741853) February 11, 2022

Soul of the mountains in those strings !! 🎶💕 Dramyin, Monpa song and that traditional cap I fancy! #IncredibleIndia #tawangforever https://t.co/ZE3uyJbTOS

— Nidhie Sharma (@IamNidhieSharma) February 10, 2022

Huge love from Bhutan

— Dawa Druksel (@DDruksel) February 11, 2022

Earlier this month, the Monpa community marked their lunar new year celebrations in a three-day Torgya Monastery Festival that was held from January 31 to February 2.