Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
This article is about a type of Jewish religious music Nigun. For the main article on religious Jewish music see Religious Jewish music.A nigun (Hebrew: ניגון meaning tune or melody pl. nigunim) or niggun (pl. niggunim) is a form of Jewish religious song or tune sung by groups. It is vocal music often with repetitive sounds such as bim-bim-bam or ai-ai-ai! instead of formal lyrics.