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SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES

We got students to participate in challenges through our social media platforms on the theme of folk music over two
weeks. We received entries from all over the country. Let us have a look at some of the challenges! Can you do these
too?
tooo?
ACTIVITY: FOLK MUSIC COMMUNITIES ACTIVITY: DIY 3D INSTRUMENT

Identify any local folk music community from your Do some research and iden fy a unique folk musical
region and write about them. You can talk about their instrument. Look at the innova ve 3D folk instruments
history and origins, the instruments that they play, and given here and make your own! Remember to use recycled
any special song that they are best known for. material.
“The Jogis, Bhats, and Sangis are the
people who have made folk music
popular in Haryana. The Jogis use
Sarangis as an accompaniment to their
music. They narrate heroic ballads
in their melodies, in their resonant
and appealing voices. Though their
numbers are gradually decreasing, yet
the tradition still remains in the life in
Haryana as here, music and dance go Illustration by: Rachit Muhammad Nihal C, Class 6, Legacy AUPS Thachanattukara; Swathi Sree
hand in hand.” Tater, Class 10, Sri Inturi, Class 8 D, Ganges Valley School, Hyderabad; Vivaan Lal, Class 4,
Sri Academy School,
Siddhi Sareen, Class 8, Convent of Jesus and Mary Kolkata Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, Delhi; Dhilna, Class 7, Govt. U.P. School,
Ambala Cantt. Bheemanad, Palakkad

Among the various music groups of Rajasthan, the most
prominent are the Manganiars. They are renowned folk
musicians of the Thar Desert. Their traditional songs ACTIVITY: ENDANGERED FOLK MUSIC
are passed down from generation to generation as oral Nowadays our traditional folk songs and music styles
histories. They sing songs about the local Maharajas and
are facing the threat of extinction. With modern
past battles. They play instruments like Dholak, Khedtal, music, people are forgetting their own roots. We must
and Khamaicha. Every year, they perform at the Rajasthan
try to safeguard this living heritage. Research and
International Folk Festival. write about any endangered folk music from your
Rachit Tater, Class 10, Sri Sri Academy School, Kolkata
region, how it can be protected, and any person or
organisation that is working towards it.
PAINTING POSES! Pulluvan songs
are a part of the
Get inspired by the image here and recreate the painting!
unique folk culture
of Kerala. Today
we do not get to
see people singing
these songs. We
can save this
music tradition by
making an issue of
it in our magazines. We can publish some of these songs
in weekly articles. We can start reality shows that focus
on folk music. Schools and colleges can give scholarships
to students who are well-versed with these traditions.
Shifna P.M, Class 7, Govt. U.P. School Bheemanad, Palakkad
Image by: Hriday Sriram, Class 4, Navkis
Educational Centre, Bangalore

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