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Festive Folk Music

Folk and Tribal music adds colour, and illustrates the
diversity that India is so proud of. Folk and Tribal music
are a reflection of our indigenous roots.

fOLk and tRIBaL mUSIC
folk traditions have been passed down through Illustration by: Ishika Goyal, IX C, Green Fields School, Delhi
generations, forming an integral part of village life HaRYana
across India. The paramount cultural diversity creates The folk music of Haryana is broadly divided into classical
endless varieties of folk styles. and country. The classical form of singing are mostly songs
Tribal music is an incredible expression of nature’s from mythology and the country songs include legendary
spirit. Their music excites, pleases and enters into the tales. The musical community of Jogis, Bhats and Sangis
deepest recesses of the human mind. made folk music popular in Haryana.

Nasira banu, IX D, bharatiya Vidya bhavan’s Atmakuri rama rao Himani, VIII b, D.A.V. Sr. Sec. School, Ambala; Janisha Madhok, VI A, Convent
of Jesus and Mary, Ambala
School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
UttaR PRadeSH
JammU and kaSHmIR
rasiya geet is the folk music of Uttar Pradesh. Songs
Chakri is one of the most popular traditional music in the are accompanied by large drums known as bumb. The
state. It is a responsorial song form, accompanied with Rasiya competition is held between men dressed in pink
instruments like the harmonium, rubab, sarangi, nout, and yellow turbans representing Radha and Krishna
geger and chimta. respectively.
Sahafa Mustafa, IX G1 and burhan Owais, IX A, Greenwood Sr. Sec. School,
HImaCHaL PRadeSH rampur; Nandini Agarwal, IX C, Suditi Global Academy, etawah; Divyanshi
upadhyay, VIII b, Sunbeam School, Annapurna, Varanasi
ainchaliyan are religious songs, sung at the house of the
bride after a wedding and by women at the home of an BIHaR
unmarried girl.
The folk songs in Bihar are associated with the various
Jyotiraditya Singh Guleria, IX A, Pine Hall School, Dehra Dun
events in the life of an ordinary person. Sohar is sung
during child birth and Sumangali during weddings.
UttaRakHand
Chinmaya Jha, VII b and Anshika Singh, VII D, Delhi Public School, Mandla
The folk music of Uttarakhand refers to the traditional and road, Jabalpur
contemporary songs of Kumaon and Garhwal region in the
foothills of the Himalayas. Traditional musical instruments weSt BengaL
played are masakbaja, turi, dhol, turri, ransingha and
dholki. The Baul are a group of
mystic minstrels from
Gaurav Singh Chauhan, IX b, Jaswant Modern Sr. Sec School, Dehra Dun; Bengal. The lyrics of
Gunika Chugh, V D, Scholars Home Sr. Sec. School, Dehra Dun; Garima, XI,
Pine Hall School, Dehra Dun Baul Sangeet carry
influences of Hindu
Bhakti Movement. They
perform with indigenous Illustration by: Devlina Sarkar, IX E, Army
instruments such as the Public School, Ambala Cantt.
harmonium, khamak,
Folk music in Punjab is diverse with songs ektara and dotara.
like Jagni, Sadda, Dhola. Suhag and
ghoriyan are sung during weddings. Aditya A. Iyer, X b, National Hill View Public School, bangalore; Pratham
raj, ASN Sr. Sec. School, Mayur Vihar – I, Delhi; Nandini Gupta, XI G, D.A.V.
International School, Amritsar; Souraja Kundu, IX C, Gokhale Memorial
Girls’ School, Kolkata
Illustration by: Anjali, VIII D, Army Public School, Ambala Cantt.

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