Hildamit Lepcha

{{Short description|Musical artist of Lepcha folk music}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Hildamit Lepcha

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| birth_date = 1956

| birth_place = Kalimpong, Darjeeling District, West Bengal

| genre = folk

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1970–present

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File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Smt. Hildamit Lepcha, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 20, 2013.jpg

Hildamit Lepcha is an exponent of Lepcha folk music.{{cite news|url=http://isikkim.com/2013-1-sikkim-padma-shri-for-hildamit-lepcha-28-4/|title=Sikkim: Padma Shri for Hildamit Lepcha|publisher=isikkim.com|access-date=27 April 2013}} She is a recipient of Padma Shri Award in 2013.{{cite news|url=http://voiceofsikkim.com/2013/04/20/prez-presenting-padma-shri-to-smt-hildamit-lepcha/|title=Prez Presenting Padma Shri To Smt. Hildamit Lepcha|publisher=voiceofsikkim.com/|access-date=27 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521033508/http://voiceofsikkim.com/2013/04/20/prez-presenting-padma-shri-to-smt-hildamit-lepcha/|archive-date=21 May 2013|url-status=dead}} Hildamit has excelled as a performer of traditional Lepcha musical instruments as well as Lepcha songs.pagal se