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Papare (music)

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Papare is a form of music which originated in Sri Lanka. Adopted from kawadi Tamil Hindu genres band music they normally play in thiruvizha times . Papare is a very lively genre of music, and is a popular music culture throughout the South Asian region. There are a lot of papare bands in Sri Lanka that play mostly at cricket matches to boost the morale of supporters.[1]

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  1. ^ "Let's get the papare going". Retrieved 2 February 2015.