Radhika: Poetic Folktale about Suspecting, Murdering and Telling Lies

Folklore, Folk Legends, Folk Myths of Kumaon-Garhwal, Haridwar, Uttarkahnd-54

 Folklore, Folktales, Folk Ballads, Folk Stories of Human Behavior, Human Relationship, Human Psychology, Human Sensitivity, Human values  interpersonal bond  from Haridwar,  Garhwal, Kumaon (Uttarakhand) – 1 

The write up is dedicated to Dr. Trilochan Pandey who brought the hidden Folklores of Garhwal and Kumaon and analyzed them)

                                        By: Bhishma Kukreti

  

          There are poetic folk stories in Garhwal and Kumaon those are related to human relationship and human psychology. The following sad folk song in story form depicts many cultural aspects of Uttarakhand and a bitter aspect of human psychology that is to suspecting, murdering and then telling a lie.  

                कुमाऊं, गढ़वाल ,हरिद्वार  की लोक गाथाएँ  -54     

  

                    गढ़वाल , कुमाऊं ,  हरिद्वार, की मानवीय संवेदनाओं की   लोकगाथाएँ -1  

                    

                                राधिका:बहू हत्या सम्बंधी लोक गीत 

(सन्दर्भ: डा. त्रिलोचन पांडे , कुमाउनी  और उसका साहित्य )
सब की छ्यौड़ि मैत अगेन,मेरो राधिका दुखि  छ कि सुखी।
भोल ऐ गेर हरियाली त्यार राधिका बौज्यू राधिका बोलै दे।
राधिका इजू घाल लगड़ पैली को पुआ नील है गे छ।
मेरो राधिका दुखि  छ कि सुखी,सल्लक रूख बासी छ कावा।
बरस दिन भेंट है रे छ,बस समदी छक तमाकू।
जब बतोले मेरी राधिका,तब छकौल तेर तमाकू।
टी राधिका घास जा रे छ,बस समदी छक तमाकू।
सब घास ली बेर घर ऐ गेन,मेरी राधिका कथ गे हुनली .बाड़ा धनियाँ धनियाँ बोठ,बोजि को खोड़ा कुट्यालि को चोट।
पापी नै इजु बोजि कै मारो,खाजा कुटरी मैल बुकायो।
घिया कुमाइ मैल लुकाई,
 पापीनै इजु बौजी कें मारी।
साग लगो छ घुम्म करेली,दादु जै रौ छ तल्ली बरेली।
 

             The Chait month (13^th March to 14^th April) is the month gifting something to married daughters, family drum players (Auji), family dramatists (Badi/Hudkya).

 Father of Radhika is worried that all other daughters of village came to their mother’s house from in law’s house and Radhika did not come to ‘Mayka’ (mother’s house) from in law village. They are unaware whether Radhika is in distress or joyful. Tomorrow is Hariyali festival. Radhika’s mother sent her husband to take Radhika from her in law village.

          Radhika’s mother prepares various eating articles. She cooks ‘Puris’ those became blue. She was worried as it was inauspicious sign.

         Radhika’s father went to Radhika’s in law village with gifts.

There, Radhika’s father asked to Radhika’s father in law,” Where is Radhika? It is many months that he will meet his daughter Radhika.”

       Radhika’s father in law states that she had gone for grass in the forest and would come very soon. Radhika’s father in law offers Hukka to Radhika’s father. Radhika’s father effused to smoke or anything till he sees his daughter.

  All the village women came back from forest with grass. Radhika was nowhere. Radhika’s father became suspicious.

  Radhika’s sister in law (husband’s sister) told the secrete that my mother suspected extra that Radhika did black magic to her husband and now Radhika’s husband is under total control of Radhika.. Her mother in law killed her daughter in law Radhika. Radhika’s mother in law hid dead of Radhika in cowshed.

  Radhika’s father became sad and started weeping loudly. Radhika’s father threw all gifts for Radhika into descending hill side. Knowing the murder of her daughter, Radhika’s mother started weeping loudly.

Copyright (Interpretation) @ Bhishma Kukreti, 11/06/2013

Folklore, Folk Legends, Folk Myths of Kumaon-Garhwal-Haridwar (Uttarakhand) to be continued…55  

Folklore, Folktales, Folk Ballads, Folk Stories of Human Behavior, Human Relationship, Human Psychology, Human Sensitivity, , Human values,  interpersonal bond  from Haridwar,   Garhwal, Kumaon (Uttarakhand) – 2 

                          

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