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Chowtal or Chautal or Chawtal, aside from being the name of a "taal"/"tala" or meter in Hindustani classical music, is a form of folksong of North India's Bhojpuri region, sung during the Phagwa or Holi festival. In chowtal, two rows of singers face each other (semi-circle), with a "dholak" drummer at one end, and sing lines of Hindi text ...
Bhojpuri music is a form of Hindustani Classical Music and includes a broad array of Bhojpuri language performances in distinct style, both traditional and modern. This form of music is mostly created in Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and other countries like Nepal, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Mauritius, the United Kingdom, and the ...
This Bhojpuri Folk song went to Trinidad and Tobago along with the indentured labourers , who were taken to British colonies to work in sugarcane fields from Bhojpuri speaking region of India. In 1969 Sundar Popo released an album named Nana and Nani in which this song was mixed with English lyrics and music was also fused with Caribbean music.
Chaiti or Chaita are semi-classical songs, originating from the Bhojpuri Region, sung in the Hindu calendar month of Chait. [1] [2] These songs are rendered during the Holy month of Sri Rama Navami in March/April. It falls under light classical form of Hindustani classical music. [3] It is a part of rich Bhojpuri Folk Music.
Biraha (sometimes known as Birha) is an ethnic Bhojpuri folk genre of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand in India. Its place in folk songs is as important as that of Dwipadi in Sanskrit, Gatha in Prakrit and Barwai in Hindi. It is composed of two episodes. When one side says their point, the other side answers in the same verse.
Hori is a genre of semi-classical singing, originated from Bhojpuri region and is popular in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. [1] [2] It can be adorned with a Bhairavi, [3] Thumri etc. It comes in the series of season songs, like Chaiti, Sawani and Kajari, and is traditionally sung in the villages and towns of Uttar Pradesh: around Banaras, Mirzapur, Mathura, Allahabad and the Bhojpur regions of Bihar ...
Bhojpuri painting is a folk painting style that has flourished in the Bhojpuri region thousands of years ago. This painting style is a type of wall painting primarily done on temple walls or on walls of the rooms of newly married couples and the main motifs are that of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Although in recent times motifs of natural ...
Kajari is a folk song and dance genre from Bhojpuri region, in India. It is a Hindustani classical music genre, performed during the rainy season usually late June to September when lush greenery reappears and agricultural labor begins again. It is one of the major dance forms originated in the Bhojpuri region along with Jhijhiya. Mirzapur is ...