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Meenawati is a contemporary regional folk‑pop from the Meena (Minā/Meena) community of eastern Rajasthan, India. It is sung in the Meenawati/Meena dialect (a vernacular of the broader Rajasthani–Western Hindi belt) and blends village folk melodies and wedding song traditions with modern, beat‑driven production. Songs are typically love duets, wedding and festival numbers, playful teasing exchanges, or pride-in-community pieces that reference local places, clan names, and everyday life. Instrumentation spans harmonium, dholak, khartal, manjira, sarangi, and morchang, alongside keyboards, programmed drums, and Auto‑Tune. Rhythms most often sit in 4/4 with Hindustani folk talas such as keherwa (8‑beat) and dadra (6‑beat), while melodies lean on raga‑tinged folk modes (often Khamaj/Mixolydian or Pahadi) and a drone‑centered tonal feel. In the 2010s the style flourished on DVD/VCD markets and then YouTube and short‑video apps, where local labels and community ensembles release large volumes of singles and videos aimed at weddings, seasonal festivities, and village entertainment.