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kirtan

musically recited story in Indian traditions
Intangible music_genre Q947155
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kirtan

Summary

kirtan is a music genre[1]. kirtan draws 724 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #267 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • kirtan's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • kirtan is a type of South Asian folk music[4].
  • kirtan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kirtan[5].

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Definition and Type

kirtan's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. kirtan is a type of South Asian folk music[4].

Why It Matters

kirtan draws 724 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #267 of 1,946).[2] kirtan has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] kirtan is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kirtan_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{kirtan}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kirtan}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → South Asian folk music
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007545804305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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