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In the context of Indian classical music, swara is a Sanskrit word that means a note in the octave. The seven basic swaras of the scale are named shadja, rishabh, gandhar, madhyam, pancham, dhaivat and nishad, and are shortened to Sa, Ri ( Carnatic) or Re ( Hindustani), Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, and Ni and written S, R, G, M, P, D, N. Collectively these notes are known as the sargam (the word is an acronym of the consonants of the first four swaras). Sargam is the Indian equivalent to solfege, a technique for the teaching of sight-singing. The tone Sa is not associated with any particular pitch. As in Western moveable-Do solfège, Sa refers to the tonic of a piece or scale rather than to any particular note having an absolute frequency.
In Carnartic Music, swaras have prakruti and vikruti swaras. The vikruti swaras are Ri, GA, Ma, Da and No. The rest are prakruti swaras. These are SA and PA.
Swara is a child marriage custom in tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is tied to blood feuds among the different tribes and clans where young girls are forcibly married to members of different clans in order to resolve the feuds. It is most common among Pashtuns.
Swara is also known as Sak, Vani and Sangchatti in different regional languages of Pakistan.
''' Swara Channel ''' is an independently operated 24-hour channel for the Indonesian Parliament. This channel has been established to promote transparency in the process of democracy and is the local equivalent of the US based CSPAN channel. SWARA regularly develops several live and recorded programs for creating political awareness among the people of Indonesia. This channel was established in 1999 with the financial assistance of IFES & USAID.