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Kabarett

Kabarett (; from French cabaret = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which was developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the cabaret artistique. It was named Le Chat Noir and was

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Kadongo Kamu

Kadongo Kamu is a music genre native to Uganda and is the oldest mainstream music genre in the country. The word "kadongo kamu" is a term in the Ganda language that means "one little guitar". Kadongo

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Kafi

Kafi is a classical form of Sufi music in the Punjabi and Sindhi languages that originated from the Punjab and Sindh regions of South Asia. Some well-known Kafi poets are Baba Farid, Bulleh Shah,

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Kagura

is a type of Shinto ritual ceremonial dance. The term is a contraction of the phrase , indicating the presence of gods () in the practice. One major function of is , involving a procession-trance

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Kaiso

Kaiso is a type of music popular in Trinidad and Tobago, and other countries, especially of the Caribbean, such as Grenada, Belize, Barbados, St. Lucia, and Dominica, which originated in West Africa

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Kajari

Kajari is a folk song and dance form from Bhojpuri region of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Kajari derives from word kaajar or kohl. It is primarily sung in Uttar Pradesh and parts of western Bihar. Kajari

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Kalbelia

The Kalbelia are a snake charming tribe from the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India. Dance is an integral part of their culture and performed by men and women. Kalbelias belong to the Nath Shaiva sect

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Kalindula

Kalindula is a kind of bass guitar which gives its name to a style of popular music in southern-central Africa. It originated in the late 20th century and is popular in Zambia and is also found in

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Kângë majekrahi

Kângë majekrahi (or Standard Albanian: këngë majëkrahut; English: "majekrahi songs", "songs over the arm") alternatively kângë malësorçe (or këngë malësorçe; "mountain songs" or "highland songs") is

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Kansas City jazz

Kansas City jazz is a style of jazz that developed in Kansas City, Missouri during the 1920s and 1930s, which marked the transition from the structured big band style to the much more improvisational

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Kanto (music)

Kanto () is a popular genre of Turkish

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Kapa haka

Kapa haka is the term for Māori action songs and the groups who perform them. The phrase translates to 'group' () 'dance' (). Kapa haka is an important avenue for Māori people to express and showcase

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Kaseko

Kaseko is a musical genre from Suriname. It is a fusion of numerous popular and folk styles derived from Africa, Europe and the Americas. The genre is rhythmically complex, with percussion

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Katavasia

Katabasia or katavasia (Greek καταβασία, from καταβαίον, "descend") is a type of hymn, and the last troparion of an ode of a canon, chanted in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic

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Kavigan

Kavigan (), Kobi Gaan, Kobi Lorai or Kabigan is a form of Bengali folk performance wherein folk poets sing and perform. A verbal duel among the poets, this mystic minstrels art was popular with rural

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Kavishari

Kavishari or kavishri ( / ) is a style of Punjabi folk music entailing energetic and dynamic a cappella singing. It was originated in the Malwa region of Punjab as a sung form of "Chhand-Baddh"

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Kawachi ondo

Kawachi Ondo (河内音頭) is a kind of Japanese folk song that originates from Yao City in the old Kawachi region of Japan, now part of modern-day Osaka Prefecture. This song's style and melody are said to

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Kawaii metal

Kawaii metal (also known as cute metal, J-pop metal, or kawaiicore ) is a musical genre that blends elements of heavy metal and J-pop that was pioneered in Japan in the early 2010s. The genre

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Kawina (music)

Kawina, also spelled kawna or kauna, is a musical genre from Suriname. It originated in the last decades of the 19th century under the influence of the music and dance forms banya, laku and tuka. It

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Kayōkyoku

is a Japanese pop music genre, which became a base of modern J-pop. The Japan Times described kayōkyoku as "standard Japanese pop" or "Shōwa-era pop". Kayōkyoku represents a blend of Western and

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