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Bhopa
Bhopa is a community in Rajasthan state of India. They are considered to be priest singers who depict the story of folk deities, traditionally told by professional story tellers who deliver it in front of a tapestry that depicts the characters of the story, and functions as a portable temple, accompanied by a ravanhattha fiddle they tell it to the public through songs.
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