Our Culture The largest community, within the Kashmiri Hindus is the Kashmiri Pandits (Kashmiri Brahmins), who are divided into several gotras, such as the priests (gor or bhasha Bhatta), astrologers (Zutshi), and workers (Karkun). The Wani are historically Banias, with subcastes, such as the Kesarwani. The official languages of Jammu and Kashmir are Koshur, Dogri, Hindi-Urdu and English. The culture of Kashmir was influenced by the Persian as well as Central Asian cultures after the Islamic rule of Kashmir, though Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam have their own part to play. Kashmir has its own style of dance performance and music that is performed according to the occasion. One of the popular dance forms is Mask dance that is performed during the Hemis Festival. Other major dance folk forms are Chakri, Ladishah, Ruf dance and Dandaras dance. The inhabitants of Kashmir love folk music and tap their feet on the most famous Rabab music. The common instruments played in this music are Sitar, Rabab, Dukra and Nagara. Wanawun, Ghazals, Sufi and Choral are some major music forms in Kashmir that are sung during wedding ceremonies and festivals.