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A Forest That Sings: How Sikkim’s Bamboo & Wood Become Traditional Lepcha Instruments
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A Forest That Sings: How Sikkim’s Bamboo & Wood Become Traditional Lepcha Instruments
In Sikkim, a length of bamboo can become a flute. A piece of mature wood can become a three-stringed instrument. And, once either is played, the landscape that produced it travels far beyond the hillside where the material was found. That relationship between place, material and music received formal recognition last year. On 5 November 2025, the Government of India granted Geographical Indication (GI) registration to two traditional Lepcha mus…
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