text: Folk songs and dances Tody in the field of Nepali music, vocal lyrics dance and other arts the Kirati- Rai occupied a large space. Specially Eastern Nepali folk music mostly influence from Rai community.
  Folk songs
  Rai community has numerous cultural rituals. The community stores a vast number of chham 'songs' which are sung for different purposes on specific occasions.
  "Hiyari Chham" is a special song that is performed on the occasion of the wedding ceremony in the Rai community. this song is a questions and answer song sung both male and female during wedding occasion. This song is sung in "Sungkhim" a (temporary or new house for guests). it is found that singing is done in some places even when the guests are leaving.
  "Saima Chham" is a song of birth, life and living and it is sung at work and at the waterpoint etc. Saimachham sung specially by women.
  "Hakpare Chham" can also be taken as a folk song in Kirant Rai community. This song can be sung anywhere and by anybody and in anytime.hakpare chham is popular folk song specially in Yamphu,Lohorung and Mewahang Rai community
  "Laibari/Lamwari Chham" is one of the ancient original folk song of the Rai. In Bantawa Rai language "Laam" means Root "Wa"Means Water and "Ri" means Song "life song of rivers and streams".this folk song is an endangered already extinct these days.