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In Nepal, and especially in the Far-Western Development Region, a magal (also mangal) is a song sung during special celebrations, such as marriages, the birth of a son (but not a daughter), pasni (first feeding of solid food to a baby). Magals are sung exclusively by older women of the group, called mungleri.
References
- Kumar Pradhan (1984). A History of Nepali Literature. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 15–.
The sources of such rhythms and tunes are again the various ethnolinguistic components which compose the Nepali-speaking population. Typical is the māgal (< maṅgal?) songs of western Nepal sung on occasions like the birth of a son, his ...
- "Nepali Literatur". Language Information Service-India. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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