Dance-Songs of Insatiate Souls

Classification of folk dance song of Uttarakhand Garhwal – 5

["गढ़वाल के लोक नृत्य गीत" डॉ शिवानन्द नौटियाल द्वारा लिखी हुई एक महत्वपूर्ण पुस्तक है। इसी पुस्तक की समीक्षा श्री भीष्म कुकरेती जी द्वारा की गयी है। इस पुस्तक समीक्षा को एक श्रंखला के रूप में प्रकाशित कर रहे हैं। इस श्रंखला के माध्यम से आप उत्तराखंड-गढ़वाल के सांस्क़ृतिक परिदृशय से भी परिचित होंगे।- प्रबंधक]

पहला भाग, दूसरा भाग, तीसरा भाग , चौथा भाग

C-Dance-Songs of Insatiate Souls

In Uttarakhand-Garhwal, there are dance-songs of worshipping for nullifying the effects of bhutas (ghost), anchheri/apsaras (and sayad,These ghosts, anchheri and sayyad are insatiate souls.

C-1-Bhut or hantya dance-Song: There are the bhoot of family (gharbhoot,घर-भूत) and bhoot from outside (parbhoot-परभूत).

The hantya or ghadela for gharbhoot is performed by jagari. The musical instrument for Ghadela is Damaru and Thali. The Hantya jagar and dance are of pathos because the soul enters into the body of family members and remember the old days of her/his life. The example of jagar is :

Kani chhe bhula teri va hausia umar, kano chhe chucha tu jaiko piyaro

Dekh baithyan yakhi mu tera goti swara, duda bwai huin cha ya teri niputi mayed

Maut sabuk aund ag sabunk jagaund tin kayar ni hoon sagar ko pani sagar samand

C-2-Anchheri Nritya Geet: These are the unsatisfied souls of unmarried females who die in their young age. Ghadela is the means of worshipping these types of unsatisfied female souls

C-3-Saidwali: Said is dead soul of Islamic person and for satisfying them the Rakhwali is performed or Ghadela is performed. Such Ghadela are called Saidwali and are same as ghadela. The example of Saidwali song is:

Baba adam ko salam, hava amma ko salam, kaluva baba ko salam

D Ranbhoot Nritya Geet

For worshipping the family persons killed in the war, there is worshiping performance either by Ghadela or in Mandan.The stories related to Ranbhootnritya sung in Ghadela or Mandan are:

1- Kaintura

2-Tillu Rautela

3-Sarju Kaul

4-Gadhu Sumyal

5-Kaffu Chauhan

6-Jagdev Panwar

7-Bramh Kunwar

8-hari Hindwan

9-Kali Harpal

10-Madho Singh Bhandari

11-Rama Dharni

12-Malu Raujela

13-Rranu Raut

14-Bhanu Bhopal

15-Kalu Bhandari etc

Apart from, the historical stories sung in Mandan or ghadelas, there are a couple of famous love stories of Uttarakhand-Garhwal, which are sung in Ranbhoot Mandan:

1-Jeetu Bagdwal

2-Fyunli

3-Saru Kumain

4-Jashi

5-Malu Shahi

6-Tilu Tadiyali

Book Details
Uttarakhand-Garhwal Ke Lok Nritya Geet
By Dr Shiva Nand Nautiyal
Published by :

Hindi Sahitya Sammelan
Prayag, Allahabad, Uttarapradesh, India
Year of Publication : 1981

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