'Bhopa', a form of folk music, is traditional to which Indian state?
Rajasthan
Bhopa is a traditional folk performance form of the desert state of Rajasthan, sustained as a living oral tradition and passed down within specific bardic communities across generations.
The Bhopas are priest-singers and travelling bards who narrate long epic ballads of deified local heroes and folk deities such as Pabuji and Devnarayan, blending worship with entertainment.
They perform in front of a 'phad', a long horizontal painted cloth scroll depicting the hero's life and deeds, which is treated as a portable, mobile temple; the Bhopa sings and dances while his partner (often the Bhopi) holds a lamp to illuminate the relevant painted scene.
The recitation is accompanied by folk instruments such as the ravanhatta, a bowed string instrument, giving the narration its distinctive musical texture.
This phad-and-Bhopa storytelling is a signature element of Rajasthan's folk culture and its rural religious life, intertwining art, faith and community memory.
Sikkim, Odisha and Tamil Nadu each have their own rich folk traditions, but the Bhopa performance is not native to any of them.
Hence, the correct answer is Rajasthan.
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