Fwd: Folk songs of Ravain Tribe, Uttarkashi, Garhwal on the occasion of Marriage

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                     Folk songs of Ravain Tribe, Uttarkashi, Garhwal on the occasion of Marriage

 

 

                                                           Bhishma Kukreti

 

[Notes on Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Asian Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; South Asian Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; SAARK countries Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Indian subcontinent Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Indian Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; North Indian  Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Himalayan Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Mid Himalayan Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Uttarakhandi Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage of Uttarkashi , Garhwal ; Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage of Ravain tribe , Garhwal]

{ विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; एशियाई विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; दक्षिण एशियाई विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; सार्क देशीय विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; भारतीय उप महाद्वीपीय विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; भारतीय विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; उत्तर भारतीय विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; हिमालय के विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; मध्य हिमालय के विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; उत्तराखंड के विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; उत्तरकाशी के विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; रवांइ आदि वासी क्षेत्र का विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत लेखमाला }

                        Singing folk songs or auspicious folk songs is very common in most of the communities. Folk songs for the occasion for marriage are usually of love songs.  Jan Ling provides a couple of wedding folk songs of love rapture in his book," A History of European Folk Music' (pages-49-56). Moisei Beregovsky and Mark Slobin provide various types of folk songs common in Jewish community in the book 'Old Jewish Folk Music'. Monger gives us the ideas of love songs sung in the marriage occasion of various regions in the book 'Marriage Custom off the world' (example- a folk song Paper of Pins, page 210). The song is as

I will give to you a paper pin

That is way our love begins

If you will marry me, me, me

I will not accept ……

…………

Oh I won't marry you

Here, the girl or boy teases their lover this way. Senoga –Zake presents many folk songs of Kenya related to marriage occasion in the book 'Folk Music of Kenya' 

 

            रवांइ क्षेत्र का विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत

 

         Folk songs of Ravain Tribe, Uttarkashi, Garhwal on the occasion of Marriage 

 

   The marriage ceremony is very important cultural event in the region of Ravain tribal region. However, there is no Hindu way fo Karmkand ritual performances in the tribal community of Ravain, Uttarkashi region. They show the happiness, enjoyment, joy of marriage by folk songs of their own community and in their own language.

 

  The following traditional folk song is very popular in Ravain tribal region at the time of marriage.The song is the sister in law tells the description of another beautiful girl to her brother in law.

 

 

             रवांइ क्षेत्र का विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत

                        Folk songs of Ravain Tribe, Garhwal on the occasion of Marriage

 

विमला सूणी बांदा

हे बल तन्दाली ती तांदा, हे बल विमला तन्दाली ती तांदा

हे बल पट्टी न बदियाद , हे बल विमला सूणी बांदा

हे बल सलोरा की सेटी , हे बल सलोरा की सेटी

हे बल विमला सूणी बांदा , हे बल गुलाबू की बेटी

हे बल सीर लाइ कांगी , हे बल सीर लाइ कांगी

हे बल विमला सूणी बांदा , हे बल उबी लाओ माँगी

 

 

गीत संकलन- डा. जगदीश नौडियाल, २०११, उत्तराखंड की सांस्कृतिक धरोहर ( रवांइ क्षेत्र के लोकसाहित्य का सांस्कृतिक अध्ययन ), विनसर पब्लिशिंग कं. देहरादून

Translation is as-

It is heard that there is a beautiful girl Vimla in Badiyad patti region. Her father name is Gulab Singh. Go and get married with beautiful girl Vimla.

 

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti

Notes on Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Asian Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; South Asian Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; SAARK countries Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Indian subcontinent Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Indian Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; North Indian  Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Himalayan Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Mid Himalayan Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Uttarakhandi Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage; Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage of Uttarkashi , Garhwal ; Traditional Folk Songs of Marriage of Ravain tribe , Garhwal

विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; एशियाई विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; दक्षिण एशियाई विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; सार्क देशीय विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; भारतीय उप महाद्वीपीय विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; भारतीय विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; उत्तर भारतीय विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; हिमालय के विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; मध्य हिमालय के विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; उत्तराखंड के विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; उत्तरकाशी के विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत; रवांइ आदि वासी क्षेत्र का विवाह संबंधी लोक गीत लेखमाला जारी ....

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Regards
B. C. Kukreti