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Folk Songs
| Content Provider | Internet Archive: Cultural Resources of India |
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| Spatial Coverage | 1978-02-06 |
| Description | Song Gorbandh : ‘Gorbandh’ explains the feelings of a woman who has lost her ‘Gorbandh’. The ‘Gorbandh’ is an ornament decorated with ‘kodies’ [shells] and colourful beads and is a camel’s necklace. It hangs from the neck to the knees of the camel and swings swiftly when the camel gracefully walks. The woman has lost this precious ornament which was made with immense care and labour. Now, who can bring it back? It was so good, so beautiful; it swung so gracefully that she can never forget it. The rhythmic and swinging effect of the ‘Gorbandh’ can easily be felt in the music. Song Hichki :‘Hichki’ means hiccup; symbolically it has come to suggest that we get hiccups only when someone remembers us. A woman narrates her anguish due to the absence of her husband. In the end she says to the absent husband, “come soon and do not merely remember me, so that I suffer from hiccups.”Folk Instrument Satara Dodha or Pawa Dyodha : A variant of the Satara, wherein the musical Flute is about three-quarters of the length of the drone Flute, hence the name ‘Dodha,’ which translates into English as ‘one and a half’. The first and fifth note combination (sa, pa) is usually conceived for playing, convenient for the ragas popularly played on the Dodha Satara, such as Bhairavi, Malkauns, Godavari Bhairavi, and Sindhi Bhairavi.Song Panihari : This song sung by women is mostly about water and the style is called panihari. It depicts daily chores and is centered around the well. In an arid area like Rajasthan water is of immense significance. Some of the folk songs also talk about chance encounter with their lover on the way to the waterbody. Some even have snipes at the incorrigible mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. Music here, also has strong spiritual flavour and is sung in the honour of various deities. |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Folk Music |
| Content Type | Audio |
