title: List of cultural and regional genres of music
text: # List of cultural and regional genres of music
  
  Many musical genres are particular to some geographical region or to an ethnic, religious or linguistic group.
  
  ## Cultural genres
  
  ### By ethnicity or origin
  
  * Ainu
  * Indigenous Australian
  * Maori
  * Palestinian
  * Russian
  * Ukrainian
  
  **Immigrant communities**
  
  * African American
  * Anglo-American
  * White Australian
  * Cajun and Louisiana Creole
  * Caribbean-British
  * Immigrants to Australia
  * Immigrants to the United States
  * Indian-British
  * Indo-Caribbean
  * Irish- and Scottish-Canadian
  * Irish- and Scottish-American
  * Latino-American
  * Tex-Mex and Tejano
  
  **International ethnic groups**
  
  * Afro-American (also Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean)
  * Andean
  * Arabic
  * Assyrian
  * Basque
  * Bedouin
  * Berber
  * Celtic
  * Garifuna
  * Korean
  * Kurd
  * Jewish
     * Secular
     * Sephardic
  * Lao
  * Maroon
  * Native American and First Nations
  * Nordic
  * Romani
  * Sami
  
  **Native Sub-Saharan African ethnic groups**
  
  * Baganda
  * Ewe
  * Hausa
  * Igbo
  * Ndebele
  * Pygmy
  * Shona
  * Sotho
  * Swazi
  * Tswana
  * Wolof
  * Xhosa
  * Yoruba
  * Zulu
  
  **Native American ethnic groups**
  
  * Arapaho
  * Blackfoot
  * Dene
  * Iroquois
  * Innu
  * Inuit
  * Kiowa
  * Kwakiutl
  * Navajo
  * Pueblo (Hopi, Zuni)
  * Seminole
  * Sioux (Lakota, Dakota)
  * Yaqui
  * Yuman
  
  ### Indigenous Caribbean, Mexican, South and Central American people
  
  * Maya
  
  ### By religion
  
  * Buddhism
  * Christianity
     * Anglicanism and Episcopalianism
     * Amish
     * Latter-Day Saints
     * Orthodox
        * Greek Orthodox
     * Salvation Army
     * Shakers
  * Hare Krishna
  * Hinduism
  * Judaism
  * Islam
  * Native American religion
  * Neopaganism
  * Rastafari movement
  * Shinto
  * Sikhism
  * Taoism
  * Zoroastrianism
  * See also: Music of Vatican City
  
  ### By language
  
  * Esperanto
  * Portuguese
  
  ## Geographic genres
  
  ### By country
  
  * Afghanistan
  * Albania
  * Algeria
  * Andorra
  * Angola
  * Antigua and Barbuda
  * Argentina
  * Armenia
  * Australia
  * Austria
  * Azerbaijan
  * Bahamas
  * Bahrain
  * Bangladesh
  * Barbados
  * Belarus
  * Belgium
  * Belize
  * Benin
  * Bhutan
  * Bolivia
  * Bosnia and Herzegovina
  * Botswana
  * Brazil
  * Brunei
  * Bulgaria
  * Burkina Faso
  * Cambodia
  * Cameroon
  * Canada
  * Cape Verde
  * Central African Republic
  * Chad
  * Chile
  * China
  * Colombia
  * Comoros
  * Congo-Kinshasa
  * Congo-Brazzaville
  * Costa Rica
  * Côte d'Ivoire
  * Croatia
  * Cuba
  * Cyprus
  * Czech Republic
  * Denmark
  * Djibouti
  * Dominica
  * Dominican Republic
  * East Timor
  * Ecuador
  * Egypt
  * El Salvador
  * Equatorial Guinea
  * Eritrea
  * Estonia
  * Ethiopia
  * Fiji
  * Finland
  * France
  * Gabon
  * Gambia
  * Georgia
  * Germany
  * Ghana
  * Greece
  * Grenada
  * Guatemala
  * Guinea
  * Guinea-Bissau
  * Guyana
  * Haiti
  * Honduras
  * Hong Kong
  * Hungary
  * Iceland
  * India
  * Indonesia
  * Iran
  * Iraq
  * Ireland
  * Israel
  * Italy
  * Jamaica
  * Japan
  * Jordan
  * Kazakhstan
  * Kenya
  * Kiribati
  * Kosovo
  * Kuwait
  * Kyrgyzstan
  * Laos
  * Latvia
  * Lebanon
  * Lesotho
  * Liberia
  * Libya
  * Liechtenstein
  * Lithuania
  * Luxembourg
  * Macedonia
  * Madagascar
  * Malawi
  * Malaysia
  * Maldives
  * Mali
  * Malta
  * Marshall Islands
  * Mauritania
  * Mauritius
  * Mexico
  * Federated States of Micronesia
  * Moldova
  * Monaco
  * Mongolia
  * Montenegro
  * Morocco
  * Mozambique
  * Myanmar
  * Namibia
  * Nauru
  * Nepal
  * Netherlands
  * New Zealand
  * Nicaragua
  * Niger
  * Nigeria
  * North Korea
  * Norway
  * Oman
  * Pakistan
  * Palau
  * Palestine
  * Panama
  * Papua New Guinea
  * Paraguay
  * Peru
  * Philippines
  * Poland
  * Portugal
  * Qatar
  * Romania
  * Russia
  * Rwanda
  * Saint Kitts and Nevis
  * Saint Lucia
  * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  * Samoa
  * San Marino
  * São Tomé and Príncipe
  * Saudi Arabia
  * Senegal
  * Serbia
  * Seychelles
  * Sierra Leone
  * Singapore
  * Slovakia
  * Slovenia
  * Solomon Islands
  * Somalia
  * South Africa
  * South Korea
  * Spain
  * Sri Lanka
  * Sudan
  * Suriname
  * Swaziland
  * Sweden
  * Switzerland
  * Syria
  * Taiwan
  * Tajikistan
  * Tanzania
  * Thailand
  * Togo
  * Tonga
  * Trinidad and Tobago
  * Tunisia
  * Turkey
  * Turkmenistan
  * Tuvalu
  * Uganda
  * Ukraine
  * United Arab Emirates
  * United Kingdom
  * United States
  * Uruguay
  * Uzbekistan
  * Vanuatu
  * Vatican City
  * Venezuela
  * Vietnam
  * Western Sahara
  * Yemen
  * Zambia
  * Zimbabwe
  
  ### By continent or other international region
  
  * Africa
  * Asia
  * Caribbean
  * Central America
  * Central Asia
  * East Asia
  * Eastern Europe
  * Lesser Antilles
  * Low Countries
  * Melanesia
  * Micronesia
  * Middle East
  * North Africa
  * Northern Europe
  * Oceania
  * Polynesia
  * South Asia
  * Southeast Asia
  * Southeastern Europe
  * West Africa
  
  ### By province, region or other sub-national entity
  
  **Algeria**
  
  * Kabylie
  
  **Australia**
  
  * Adelaide
  * Brisbane
  * Canberra
  * Perth
  * Sydney
  
  **Austria**
  
  * Innsbruck
  * Vienna
  
  **Bulgaria**
  
  * Thrace
  
  **Canada**
  
  Cities:
  
  * Montreal
  * Vancouver
  
  Regions:
  
  * Maritime Provinces
  * Prairie Provinces
  * West
  
  Provinces and Territories:
  
  * Alberta
  * British Columbia
  * Manitoba
  * New Brunswick
  * Newfoundland and Labrador
  * Northwest Territories
  * Nova Scotia
  * Nunavut
  * Ontario
  * Prince Edward Island
  * Quebec
  * Saskatchewan
  * Yukon
  
  **Chile**
  
  * Easter Island
  
  **China**
  
  * Anhui
  * Fujian
  * Gansu
  * Guangdong
  * Guangxi
  * Guizhou
  * Hebei
  * Heilongjiang
  * Henan
  * Hong Kong
  * Hubei
  * Inner Mongolia
  * Jiangxi
  * Jilin
  * Macau
  * Manchuria
  * Qinghai
  * Shaanxi
  * Sichuan
  * Tibet
  * Xinjiang
  * Yunnan
  
  **Denmark**
  
  Overseas:
  
  * Faroe Islands
  * Greenland
  
  **Finland**
  
  * Åland
  * Karelia
  
  **France**
  
  Cities
  
  * Monaco
  * Paris
  
  Regions
  
  * Aquitaine
  * Auvergne
  * Brittany
  * Burgundy
  * Corsica
  * Gascony
  * Limousin
  
  Overseas:
  
  * Austral Islands
  * French Guiana
  * French Polynesia
  * Martinique and Guadeloupe
  * Mayotte
  * New Caledonia
  * Réunion
  * Tahiti
  * Wallis and Futuna
  
  **Germany**
  
  Cities
  
  * Berlin
  
  **Greece**
  
  * Aegean Islands
  * Crete
  * Cyclades
  * Dodecanese Islands
  * Epirus
  * Ionian Islands
  * Lesbos
  * Macedonia
  * Peloponnesos
  * Thessaloniki
  * Thessaly
  * Thrace
  
  **Hungary**
  
  * Budapest
  * Pécs
  
  **India**
  
  * Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  * Andhra Pradesh
  * Arunachal Pradesh
  * Assam
  * Bengal
  * Bihar
  * Chhattisgarh
  * Goa
  * Gujarat
  * Haryana
  * Himachal Pradesh
  * Jammu
  * Jharkhand
  * Karnataka
  * Kashmir
  * Kerala
  * Madhya Pradesh
  * Maharashtra
  * Manipur
  * Meghalaya
  * Mizoram
  * Nagaland
  * Orissa
  * Punjab
  * Rajasthan
  * Sikkim
  * Tamil Nadu
  * Tripura
  * Uttar Pradesh
  * Uttaranchal
  
  **Indonesia**
  
  * Bali
  * Java
  * Sumatra
  
  **Israel**
  
  * Mizrahi Music
  
  **Italy**
  
  Regions:
  
  * Aosta Valley
  * Calabria
  * Campania
  * Friuli
  * Latium
  * Liguria
  * Lombardy
  * Marche
  * Piedmont
  * Puglia
  * Sardinia
  * Sicily
  * Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
  * Tuscany
  * Veneto
  
  Cities:
  
  * Florence
  * Genoa
  * Lucca
  * Milan
  * Naples
  * Venice
  
  **Japan**
  
  * Okinawa
  
  **Mexico**
  
  * Chihuahua
  
  **Netherlands**
  
  Overseas:
  
  * Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles
  
  **New Zealand**
  
  Overseas:
  
  * Cook Islands
  * Niue
  * Tokelau
  
  **Portugal**
  
  * Madeira
  
  **Romania**
  
  * Transylvania
  
  **Russia**
  
  Cities:
  
  * Kaliningrad
  * Rostov-on-Don
  
  Regions:
  
  * Adygea
  * Altai
  * Astrakhan
  * Bashkortostan
  * Buryatia
  * Dagestan
  * Evenkia
  * Ingushetia
  * Irkutsk
  * Kaliningrad
  * Kalmykia
  * Karelia
  * Khakassia
  * Mordovia
  * Nenetsia
  * Ossetia
  * Sakha
  * Tatarstan
  * Tuva
  * Udmurtia
  
  **Serbia**
  
  * Vojvodina
  
  **Spain**
  
  * Andalusia
  * Aragon
  * Balearic Islands
  * Basque Country
  * Canary Islands
  * Castile, Madrid and Leon
  * Catalonia
  * Extremadura
  * Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias
  * Madrid
  * Murcia
  * Navarre and La Rioja
  * Valencia
  
  **Taiwan**
  
  * Taiwan
  
  **Tajikistan**
  
  * Badakhshan
  
  **Turkey**
  
  * Thrace
  * Karadeniz
  
  **United Kingdom**
  
  Individual countries
  
  * England
     * Cornwall
     * Northumbria
     * Somerset
  * Northern Ireland
  * Scotland
  * Wales
  
  Cities:
  
  * Birmingham
     * Classical music of Birmingham
     * Jazz of Birmingham
     * Popular music of Birmingham
  * Cardiff
  * Liverpool
  * Manchester
  
  Dependencies and Territories:
  
  * Anguilla
  * Bermuda
  * Cayman Islands
  * Channel Islands
  * Falkland Islands
  * Gibraltar
  * Isle of Man
  * Montserrat
  * Saint Helena
  * Turks and Caicos Islands
  * Virgin Islands
  
  **United States**
  
  Regions:
  
  * Appalachia
  * Mid-Atlantic
  * West
  
  Cities:
  
  * Annapolis
  * Athens
  * Atlanta
  * Austin
  * Baltimore
  * Charlotte
  * Chicago
  * Dallas
  * Denver
  * Detroit
  * Fort Worth
  * Los Angeles
  * Miami
  * Milwaukee
  * New Orleans
  * New York City
  * Olympia
  * Omaha
  * Philadelphia
  * San Diego
  * San Francisco
  * Seattle
  * Washington, D.C.
  
  States:
  
  * Alabama
  * Alaska
  * Arizona
  * Arkansas
  * California
  * Colorado
  * Connecticut
  * Delaware
  * Florida
  * Georgia
  * Hawaii
  * Idaho
  * Illinois
  * Indiana
  * Iowa
  * Kansas
  * Kentucky
  * Louisiana
  * Maine
  * Maryland
  * Massachusetts
  * Michigan
  * Minnesota
  * Mississippi
  * Missouri
  * Montana
  * Nebraska
  * Nevada
  * New Hampshire
  * New Jersey
  * New Mexico
  * New York
  * North Carolina
  * North Dakota
  * Ohio
  * Oklahoma
  * Oregon
  * Pennsylvania
  * Rhode Island
  * South Carolina
  * South Dakota
  * Tennessee
  * Texas
  * Utah
  * Vermont
  * Virginia
  * Washington
  * West Virginia
  * Wisconsin
  * Wyoming
  
  Overseas:
  
  * American Samoa
  * Guam
  * Mariana Islands
  * Puerto Rico
  * Virgin Islands
  
  ## Historical genres
  
  * Byzantine
  * Early
  * Ancient Celtic
  * Ancient Egypt
  * Ancient Greek
  * Ancient India
  * Hittite
  * Maya
  * Medieval (Europe)
  * Mesopotamia
  * Ottoman
  * Ancient Persia
  * Prehistoric
  * Renaissance (Europe)
  * Ancient Rome
  * Sasanian Empire
  * Soviet Union
  * Ancient Sumeria
  * Temperance songs
  * Ancient Tamil
  