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Kajari is a folk song and dance form from Bhojpuri region of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. [1] It is of the Hindustani classical music genre, performed during the rainy season usually late June to September when lush greenery reappears and agricultural labor begins again. [1] Kajari derives from word kaajar or kohl.
In time, these open-air stages became the mainstay of these plays, though the name stuck with the genre; and as it evolved it absorbed all the prevalent folk traditions of music, dance and singing, be it Jhumur, Gambhira, Gajangan, or Panchali into its folds, to create a new template for folk theatre in the coming centuries. [15] [16]
Gombhira, Gambhira or Gamvira (Bengali: গম্ভীরা) is a type of Bengali folk song and dance originating in the Bengal region, from what is known today as northwestern Bangladesh and north eastern West Bengal, India.
The name Duffmuttu is attributed to a drum known as a daff or tap. Margamkali is performed by the state's Syrian Christians, primarily by women during marriage ceremonies. Oppana, another Muslim dance, is usually a bridal group dance performed the day before the wedding and is particularly popular on the Malabar Coast. Young female relatives of ...
The songs typically have the name of Lord Rama. It comes in the series of season songs, like Kajari , Hori , and Sawani , and is traditionally sung in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar . Girija Devi is among the popular singers of Chaiti.
Theatre in Bangladesh is believed to have its origin in the 4th century AD in the form of Sanskrit drama. The conquest of Bengal by the Gupta Empire led the ingress of the northern Indian culture into the ancient Bangladeshi culture which eventually introduced the tradition of theatre in Bangladesh .
The Thumri style of singing primarily developed from festival and seasonal folk songs such as Holi, Chaiti, Sawan, Kajri, and Dadra, originating from eastern Uttar Pradesh. [7] A mention of Thumri is found in the 19th century, with a link to the classical dance form Kathak.
Dhamal (Bengali: ধামাল), better known as dhamail (Bengali: ধামাইল), is a form of Bengali folk music and dance prevalent in the Mymensingh and Sylhet regions of northeastern Bengal, in present-day Bangladesh and eastern India.