Teasing and Taunting Garhwali Children’s Folk Songs
The free online dictionary defines the act of teasing as ‘annoying, pestering, vexing’, ‘making fun of other’ or ‘mocking playfully’,
The free online dictionary defines ‘taunt’ as ‘to reproach in a mocking, insulting, contemptuous manner’.
Teasing is verbal or bullying form of taunting.
From children song point of view, the teasing has two main forms
1- Hurtful teasing children’s folk songs: In Garhwali language, the hurtful songs are related to individuals and social groups. Mostly, individual hurtful folk songs are created by individuals spontaneously and not heard by society and social hurtful songs created for teasing a classes or casts, villages, regions etc. As in past before British regime, there were songs for teasing Kumauni community at the time of Bhailu festival. No doubt that these types of songs were created for adults and children used to sing to as amusing songs too. There were songs to tease a family or caste and children used to sing those songs. There were proverbs which were sung against regions as Pauri Garhwalis used to sing hurtful songs against Tihri Garhwalis and vice versa. Now a days, the custom is diminishing for creating hurtful folk songs aimed at caste, regions etc
It is seen that hurtful folk songs do not survive for long as the songs are not sung openly and when songs are not sung openly the songs are not carried generation to generation.
2-Playful Teasing children’s songs
The purpose of playful teasing song is to get amusement. Many times, there is no difference between teasing playful children songs and playful adult songs as the teasing wedding songs are also sung by children while playing wedding drama in their free time. There are folk songs for teasing other village or territories sung by adults and children too without any difficulties.
For example, a song of village Jaspur (Malla Dhangu, Pauri Garhwal) which make mockery of other villagers of the region as Gweel, ( Dhangu, PG) Amaldu and Jalth( Dabralsyun, Pauri garhwal) used to be sung by adults and children in the Geetun Maina (month of songs and dance). The song is about showing characteristics of individual villagers as
Gweel kaunki dhoti lambi ( the dhotis of villagers of Gweel is long )
Jalth kauniki dhoti badi ( the dhotis of Jalth villagers is big)
Amaldu kaunka raudya bad ( White spot on forehead of Amaldu is big. In fact the Pundits of amauldu used to paste chandan on their forehead)
The playful teasing children folk songs could be classified as per following situations
A- Intention of the teasers
B-Mocking bad habits or unusual customs
C-Making funs of name
D- Making funs of other villages or regions
E- Just to sing playful songs sung by villagers or social groups together
F- Making fun of birds and animals.
The following song is a song of mocking a lazy person and became poor due to his inactivity. Dr Dhoundiyal states that usually , this song is used to teas other child by putting child’s father name instead of Sundaru.
सुंदरु तेरा नौना क्य छन ?
बारा बीसी नौ
सुंदरु तू खांदी क्य छै ?
मांगि मांगि क जौ
सुंदरु तेरो लैन्दो क्य च ?
एक डूंडी गौ
सुंदरु तेरा भांडा क्य छन ?
एक टुट्यु तवा
सुंदरु त्यारा लारा क्य छन ?
अंग्वछा को छौं
सुंदरु तू रौंदू कख छै
झुपडा तौळ
सुंदरु कुछ काज कौर
धार जांदी मौ
The children create songs by using Bajuband technique – first stanza without meaning and second stanza with real meaning as in the following song the children of other villages tease the villagers of Raneth who are by class ‘Dallya’ and they blow ash into sky while doing Tantrik pefromances.
उबफुक्वों क गौं रणेथ (Magicians or Tantrik (Dallya ) live in Raneth
There is another classical example of showing characteristics of three villages together but may be said as teasing folk song too
ठंठोली का अदबिचका
रणेथ का उबफुक्वा
There are three villages in malla Dhangu – Pali where goldsmith live, Raneth where Dally live and in between two villages, Thantholi village is situated. Since gold smith acts require to blow pipe towards earth the inhabitants of Pali are called Undfukwa (who blow pipe towards earth) and the inhabitants of Ranesth are called Ubfukwa (to blow towards sky or above )
There is another teasing or amusing song in Garhwali which the author also sung many times. The song is amusing but if analyzed, the song is for teasing the teacher as
मास्टर जी कि टंगडि टुट्टी The teacher’s leg got fractured
दणमण बाजि घंटी The bell rang
द ल़े ह्व़े गे छुट्टी We got leave
There are many proverbs transformed by children and sung as rhymes too to use teasing songs.
Usually, teasing Garhwali children’ songs are satirical and humorous.
There such many local, regional and universal Garhwali children’s folk songs which are teasing and amusing.
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