Kamrupi Lokgeet
Kamrupi Lokgeet is popular form of folk music that expresses thoughts and emotion of the common people of Kamrup. The songs are derived from ancient Kamrup kingdom of Western Assam.[1]
Background
These songs have been sung from time immemorial by peoples of erstwhile undivided Kamrup. Beside this forms of songs linking the day-to-day activities are also popular, like marriage songs (biyar geet), now khelar (boat race) geet, maha kheda (mosquito drive out) geet, child's play geet, fishing geet, lullabye geet and harvest festival geets.
Considerably influenced by a class of Vaishnava songs of the highest sophistication and refinement, both literary and musical, the Kamrupi Lokgeets, although sung to the humble dolara and the dagar (or khanjari) demonstrate great intricacy. It is known for richness of musical modes.[2]
References
- ↑ "Kamrupi Lokgeet". mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
- ↑ Sangeet Natak Akademi (1974), Sangeet natak: Issues 31-34
See also
- Indian folk music
- Indian classical music
- Kamrupi language
- Old Kamrupi
- Rameshwar Pathak
- A Study on Kamrupi