{
  "name": "Hymns",
  "description": "Performed and written with the purpose of praise, adoration, and prayer, often addressed to deities or other cultural figures.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/hymns/",
  "sub_genres_count": 4,
  "sub_genres": [
    {
      "name": "Bhajan",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/bhajan/",
      "description": "Song-based form of devotional music within Dharmic religions, with lyrical themes having an emphasis on deep adoration for a deity.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Hymns"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lauda",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/lauda/",
      "description": "Vernacular, devotional sung poetry, composed in Italy in the late Medieval and Renaissance periods.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Hymns"
    },
    {
      "name": "Purísima",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/purisima/",
      "description": "Nicaraguan Hymns to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, sung during holiday celebrations and in liturgical or parochial services.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Hymns"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sacred Harp Singing",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/sacred-harp-singing/",
      "description": "Predominantly 19th-century English hymns with tunes derived from old folk melodies.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Hymns"
    }
  ]
}