In Conversation with Pandit Om Prakash Sharma: Tracing Maach, Malwa’s Musical Folk Theatre Interview
Lorik ChandaLibrary Artifacts
छत्तीसगढ़ी लोककथा: लोरिक और चंदाLibrary Artifacts
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Pandit Om Prakash Sharma is considered to be the face of maach folk theatre form in India. He belongs to the Ustad Kaluram school of maach. Ustad Kaluram was his grandfather, and he has been practising the folk art of maach since his childhood. His contribution to maach is not restricted to its…
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I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate
way in which a human being can share with another the sense of
what it is to be a human being.
—Oscar Wilde
In the social structure of India, living traditions hold a prominent position. Any form of living tradition has…
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Since the early eighteenth century, maach, a musical folk theatre form of Madhya Pradesh, has been an integral part of the local culture of the Malwa region. Performed mostly by men who also don female roles, the performance art form uses satirical humour in its songs and dialogues to make…
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Vijaydan Detha, fondly known as ‘Bijji’, brought ‘to prominence not only the richness of the storytelling traditions of Rajasthan, but the inventive forms of locution characteristic of Rajasthani.’ He treated folklore as a seed, attempting to explore limitless stories from it. Sahapedia remembers…
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बांस गीत - लोरिक चंदा -छत्तीसगढ़ी प्रस्तुति
गीत
अरे भरका के भरेतिन सुमिरव,
डूमर के परेतिन ए न ए दे ठाकुर दिया ल सूमिरव,
मोर बोईर के चुरेलिन ए न
तरी हरी नाना, मोर नाना नाना ए भाई रे,
मोन नाना जंवरिहा मोर तरी हरी ना ना ए न
देवरी के निवासी अन मोर गूल्लू पोस्ट ऑफिस ए…
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रामाधार साहू द्वारा नचा शैली में लोरिक चंदा की कथा प्रस्तुति
चंदैनी – प्रस्तुतिकरण
हिंदी अनुवाद
लोरिक
लोरिक हाथ में तेन्दू की लाठी, नौ हाथ की पगड़ी बांधे, ‘सेमर धरे’ (सेमल की रूई और चकमक पत्थर लिए) कम्बल और ‘खुमरी’ (बांस और पत्तों से बनी टोपी जिसे चरवाहे पहनते हैं)। ओढ़े, बाजार की ओर…
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This module is part of a series of modules on performing genres from Chhattisgarh. They seek to reflect the richness of oral epics and folklore traditions from this region, and the modes in which they are performed and recited. The focus is the documentation of the entire epic or tale known orally…
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The tale of Chandaini, or Lorik Chanda tells the story of the romance of an Ahir hero and heroine Lorik and Chanda. Versions of the story told across north and central India, particularly in U.P, Bihar, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh emphasize different elements of the narrative—the bravery of Lorik…
in Library Artifacts
The tale of Chandaini, or Lorik Chanda tells the story of the romance of an Ahir hero and heroine Lorik and Chanda. Versions of the story told across north and central India, particularly in U.P, Bihar, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh emphasize different elements of the narrative—the bravery of Lorik…
in Library Artifacts