Chhopti Geet : Love Folk Song of Ravain Garhwal

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[Notes on folk love songs, Ravain folk love songs; Garhwali folk love songs; folk love songs of Uttarkashi; folk love songs of Tihri Garhwal; folk love songs of Pauri Garhwal; folk love songs of Chamoli Garhwal; folk love songs of Rudraprayag; folk love songs Of Kedarghati; folk love songs of Udham Singh Nagar; folk love songs of Ranikhet; folk love songs of Haldwani; folk love songs of Haridwar; folk love songs of Ranikhet; folk love songs of Nainital; folk love songs Almora; folk love songs of Dwarhat; folk love songs Pithoragarh; folk love songs of Lainsdown; Mid Himalayan folk love songs; Himalayan folk love songs; North Indian folk love songs; Indian folk love songs; Asian folk love songs; Oriental folk love songs]

   Ravai is very exclusive area of Uttarkashi Garhwal for its exclusive and varied folk literature and culture. Late Dr Jagdish Naudiyal (Jaggu Naudiyal) provides us various aspects of culture and customs of Ravain.

  Chhopti genre is a folk love song of Ravain region. The Chhopti love songs are in question and answer type. There are are questions from female and male lovers in poetic pattern. The pattern of Chhopati poetry is in Bajuband format (that is first stanza is meaningless and is only for creating pad). The people may sing the song in crowd or singer may sings singularly. Usually the Chhopti love songs are sung on the top of hill.

                           छोपती गीत

(यह लेख स्व जग्गू नौडियाल को समर्पित है जिन्होंने रवांई क्षेत्र की संस्कृति को अपनीपुस्तक में समेटा )

पुरुष -

सरी जालो सांदो सरी जालो सांदो, मैणा चलकूड़ी सरी जालो सांदो

आछी रैणो मैणा मै भेडूक जांदो ,मैणा चलकूड़ी मै भेडूक जांदो

स्त्री -

घोली जाल्यो घेरो , घोली जालो घेरो , मैणा चलकूड़ी घोली जालो घेरो

तुई जो चली जान्दो मैकू लागे बुरो , मैणा चलकूड़ी मैकू लागे बुरो

The boy says to his lover that she be happy as he is going with his sheep to grazing field. The girl says that she is feeling bad by separation.

                      एक अन्य वियोग भरा छ्पोती गीत

गुल्यारी की गोरी , भै ले घास पियारी ,गुल्यारी की गोरी , भै ले घास पियारी।

कैज बाण होली घास पियारी , मन की पियारी , घास पियारी

झंगूरा कू वाला घास पियारी , घोरे झंगूरा कू वाला घास पियारी

देखि -देखि मेरा घास पियारी छोरी आंखी होइगे लाल घास पियारी

  The boy is separated from his lover and saying that where is is lover lost in forest. His eyes are red due to weeping for their separation. He is searching his lover here and there in forest

गीत संकलन- डा. जगदीश नौडियाल, २०११, उत्तराखंड की सांस्कृतिक धरोहर ( रवांइ क्षेत्रके लोकसाहित्य का सांस्कृतिक अध्ययन page 106-107), विनसर पब्लिशिंग कं.देहरादून

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti, 10/1/2013

Notes on folk love songs, Ravain folk love songs; Garhwali folk love songs; folk love songs of Uttarkashi; folk love songs of Tihri Garhwal; folk love songs of Pauri Garhwal; folk love songs of Chamoli Garhwal; folk love songs of Rudraprayag; folk love songs Of Kedarghati; folk love songs of Udham Singh Nagar; folk love songs of Ranikhet; folk love songs of Haldwani; folk love songs of Haridwar; folk love songs of Ranikhet; folk love songs of Neonatal; folk love songs Almora; folk love songs of Dwarhat; folk love songs Pithoragarh; folk love songs of Lainsdown; Mid Himalayan folk love songs; Himalayan folk love songs; North Indian folk love songs; Indian folk love songs; Asian folk love songs; Oriental folk love songs to be continued….