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Dance gardens (''mūmikkeikai'') are the Chlouvānem equivalents of nightclubs, though most usually with Chlouvānem traditional music rather than more modern styles (which, in the Inquisition, still draw heavily from traditional popular music styles such as ''laneika'', a type of [[w:Qawwali|qawwali]]-like music that more often than not tops the charts). Chlouvānem dance gardens are not very different from tea houses or similar establishments; they just have large rooms where people can dance.<br/>

Music houses (''nakṣulkitai'') are conceptually the same as dance gardens, but the music played there is of styles that, according to Chlouvānem tradition, have more to be carefully listened rather than danced to. This includes Chlouvānem classical music - which is not as elitary as one might think. Obviously, better known artists typically perform in city squares, concert halls, theaters or even temples rather than in the quite small music houses.

===Music===

====Classical music====

====Popular music====

Chlouvānem popular music is substantially different from the mostly improvised and stylistically refined classical music (despite classical music itself being fairly popular too). While there is a plethora of musical genres, even with Western influences, ''laneika'', ''mūṃjas'', and ''kerachomā'' are undoubtedly the three most popular forms of popular music, and those every other genre somehow has its roots in.

'''Laneika''' (a term with origins in the Northern Plain) is the musical style most influenced by Chlouvānem classical music, even if it is markedly polyphonic; it has, especially in instrumentation and structure, some resemblances to what Qawwali sounds like on Earth. Laneika "songs" are typically long (ten minutes is a common length), and are played by ensembles of four to a dozen of musicians, with usually at least half of them singing; the Chlouvānem harmonium (''pamilairāh'') and the berimbau-like ''ḍaltaka'' are characteristic of laneika, but many other instruments, especially percussions and flutes, are found.

'''Mūṃjas''', as its name — a portmanteau of ''mūmikta'' (dance) and ''lijas'' (song) — says, is a very danceable style, with its origins in the Central Plain. Mūṃjas songs are much shorter than laneika ones, and are heavy on percussions and string instruments (picked and percussive ones), particularly the typically Chlouvānem ones with sympathetic strings, that give this musical style its distinctive sound. Unlike other styles, in mūṃjas there is less emphasis on lyrics, and often the voice is used just as an instrument, with recurring rhythmic chants made of meaningless syllables.

'''Kerachomā''' is a very different style and has its origins in older Kans-Tsan folk music from the East. As such, its typical instrumentation is different from other styles (even if today there is more experimentation and both traditional Plain Chlouvānem instruments and electronic ones are used): with an emphasis on guitar (imported in its shape and sound from Greater Skyrdagor, even if the Calemerian guitar is probably a Kalurilut invention) and harmonica, it does sound somewhat like 50s country music; lyrically, it is often "freer" than other styles, having less of an emphasis on devotional lyrics (as for example ''laneika'' music does).

While reinterpretation of older, traditional folk songs is a classical, especially in mūṃjas and laneika, there are many singer-songwriters in all styles; an example could be the most iconic Chlouvānem musician of the last century, Banditiāvi Kaihanųu ''Dalaigin'', a native Tariatindī but trained into laneika music, who has not only been a prolific laneika composer - so much that some of his pieces are true classics of the genre today - but has also experimented in other genres and in instrumentation, having introduced into laneika unconventional and electronic instruments. He was so popular that his sudden death in his 51st year of age shocked the whole country, with 600,000 people gathering in Tariatindė to bring homage to his funeral pyre.

More modern styles are heavily influenced by these three “standard” genres, but have typically experimentation in song structures. Electronic music has become very popular in the last thirty years, with various music scenes (often associated with particular cities) with wildly different genres, influenced by different styles, often including Chlouvānem classical music; while the most popular artists usually play music of the three main genres, a few electronic musicians have achieved wide success, like Lūlenišāvi Kaiɂašaltīs ''Turabayān'', a native Līlasuṃghāṇi, with his downtempo-like, cinematic, mostly instrumental pieces, heavily inspired by classical music and often included in movie soundtracks.

Genres similar to our rock music (whose closest Calémerian analogue is probably ''taónensi'' music (''taónensi'' being the Cerian word for “shaker”)) or pop music are less commonly found in the Chlouvānem Inquisition (even if Western artists playing them are known), but there is a regionally developed pop music scene based on the idol group format, a format imported by the Skyrdegan countries (which developed it on the basis of Western ''taónensi''); even the style of these idol groups' music has the same influences from Skyrdegan folk music as Skyrdegan taónensi music. Unlike in most of Western pop and all Skyrdegan idol groups, however, Chlouvānem idol groups have most members play their own instruments on stage apart from only singing.<ref>The terminology for this kind of music is all derived from Cerian through Skyrdagor or just Skyrdagor: ''Taónensi'' is known as ''toúneszy'' in the Skyrdegan countries and it has been adapted into Chlouvānem as ''tūnisus''. An idol is known by the Skyrdagor term ''zraszyk'' (which meant "knight" in older Skyrdagor) and an idol group is a ''zraszkajbe''; the Chlouvānem corresponding terms are the loan ''ṣraseka'' and the half-loan ''ṣraseklāṇa''.</ref><br/>Idol group taónensi pop music's popularity, overall in the Inquisition, pales in comparison to the three main popular genres and many electronic musicians, but they are very popular in the North (the area closest to Greater Skyrdagor and which has had the largest impact from the latter's culture) and often among native Northern Chlouvānem elsewhere in the Inquisition.

===Television===

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 Dance gardens (''mūmikkeikai'') are the Chlouvānem equivalents of nightclubs, though most usually with Chlouvānem traditional music rather than more modern styles (which, in the Inquisition, still draw heavily from traditional popular music styles such as ''laneika'', a type of [[w:Qawwali|qawwali]]-like music that more often than not tops the charts). Chlouvānem dance gardens are not very different from tea houses or similar establishments; they just have large rooms where people can dance.<br/>
 Music houses (''nakṣulkitai'') are conceptually the same as dance gardens, but the music played there is of styles that, according to Chlouvānem tradition, have more to be carefully listened rather than danced to. This includes Chlouvānem classical music - which is not as elitary as one might think. Obviously, better known artists typically perform in city squares, concert halls, theaters or even temples rather than in the quite small music houses.
+===Music===
+====Classical music====
+====Popular music====
+Chlouvānem popular music is substantially different from the mostly improvised and stylistically refined classical music (despite classical music itself being fairly popular too). While there is a plethora of musical genres, even with Western influences, ''laneika'', ''mūṃjas'', and ''kerachomā'' are undoubtedly the three most popular forms of popular music, and those every other genre somehow has its roots in.
+'''Laneika''' (a term with origins in the Northern Plain) is the musical style most influenced by Chlouvānem classical music, even if it is markedly polyphonic; it has, especially in instrumentation and structure, some resemblances to what Qawwali sounds like on Earth. Laneika "songs" are typically long (ten minutes is a common length), and are played by ensembles of four to a dozen of musicians, with usually at least half of them singing; the Chlouvānem harmonium (''pamilairāh'') and the berimbau-like ''ḍaltaka'' are characteristic of laneika, but many other instruments, especially percussions and flutes, are found.
+'''Mūṃjas''', as its name — a portmanteau of ''mūmikta'' (dance) and ''lijas'' (song) — says, is a very danceable style, with its origins in the Central Plain. Mūṃjas songs are much shorter than laneika ones, and are heavy on percussions and string instruments (picked and percussive ones), particularly the typically Chlouvānem ones with sympathetic strings, that give this musical style its distinctive sound. Unlike other styles, in mūṃjas there is less emphasis on lyrics, and often the voice is used just as an instrument, with recurring rhythmic chants made of meaningless syllables.
+'''Kerachomā''' is a very different style and has its origins in older Kans-Tsan folk music from the East. As such, its typical instrumentation is different from other styles (even if today there is more experimentation and both traditional Plain Chlouvānem instruments and electronic ones are used): with an emphasis on guitar (imported in its shape and sound from Greater Skyrdagor, even if the Calemerian guitar is probably a Kalurilut invention) and harmonica, it does sound somewhat like 50s country music; lyrically, it is often "freer" than other styles, having less of an emphasis on devotional lyrics (as for example ''laneika'' music does).
+While reinterpretation of older, traditional folk songs is a classical, especially in mūṃjas and laneika, there are many singer-songwriters in all styles; an example could be the most iconic Chlouvānem musician of the last century, Banditiāvi Kaihanųu ''Dalaigin'', a native Tariatindī but trained into laneika music, who has not only been a prolific laneika composer - so much that some of his pieces are true classics of the genre today - but has also experimented in other genres and in instrumentation, having introduced into laneika unconventional and electronic instruments. He was so popular that his sudden death in his 51st year of age shocked the whole country, with 600,000 people gathering in Tariatindė to bring homage to his funeral pyre.
+More modern styles are heavily influenced by these three “standard” genres, but have typically experimentation in song structures. Electronic music has become very popular in the last thirty years, with various music scenes (often associated with particular cities) with wildly different genres, influenced by different styles, often including Chlouvānem classical music; while the most popular artists usually play music of the three main genres, a few electronic musicians have achieved wide success, like Lūlenišāvi Kaiɂašaltīs ''Turabayān'', a native Līlasuṃghāṇi, with his downtempo-like, cinematic, mostly instrumental pieces, heavily inspired by classical music and often included in movie soundtracks.
+Genres similar to our rock music (whose closest Calémerian analogue is probably ''taónensi'' music (''taónensi'' being the Cerian word for “shaker”)) or pop music are less commonly found in the Chlouvānem Inquisition (even if Western artists playing them are known), but there is a regionally developed pop music scene based on the idol group format, a format imported by the Skyrdegan countries (which developed it on the basis of Western ''taónensi''); even the style of these idol groups' music has the same influences from Skyrdegan folk music as Skyrdegan taónensi music. Unlike in most of Western pop and all Skyrdegan idol groups, however, Chlouvānem idol groups have most members play their own instruments on stage apart from only singing.<ref>The terminology for this kind of music is all derived from Cerian through Skyrdagor or just Skyrdagor: ''Taónensi'' is known as ''toúneszy'' in the Skyrdegan countries and it has been adapted into Chlouvānem as ''tūnisus''. An idol is known by the Skyrdagor term ''zraszyk'' (which meant "knight" in older Skyrdagor) and an idol group is a ''zraszkajbe''; the Chlouvānem corresponding terms are the loan ''ṣraseka'' and the half-loan ''ṣraseklāṇa''.</ref><br/>Idol group taónensi pop music's popularity, overall in the Inquisition, pales in comparison to the three main popular genres and many electronic musicians, but they are very popular in the North (the area closest to Greater Skyrdagor and which has had the largest impact from the latter's culture) and often among native Northern Chlouvānem elsewhere in the Inquisition.
 ===Television===