Alaknanda ku Chhal Ful: Imagery Garhwali Folk Poetry depicting Flowers of Alaknanda River Bank

Folk Songs from Kumaon-Garhwal, Haridwar, Uttarkahnd-298

(Himalayan Folk Song/Traditional Folktales/ Conventional Sayings Series)

                                      By: Bhishma Kukreti

              There are various types of folk poetry in Garhwali language.

       The following folk song is about describing Alaknanda River, its bank, nearby forest and flowers in the bank forest. The simple words are capable creating River bank with exotic flowers. The following initiating lines create curiosity in audience mind or reader’s mind.

  कुमाऊं, गढ़वाल ,हरिद्वार के  लोक गीत  -298           
  
         धौळि छाल  पर क्या फूल च ? 

(सन्दर्भ: डा.  राम प्रसाद डोभाल ', 2011, गढ़वाल की लोक गाथाएँ , गीत एवं नृत्य , उद्गाता 288-293)

(इंटरनेट प्रस्तुती व व्याख्या - भीष्म कुकरेती )

धौळि छाल क्या फूल च?
 अनमणी भांति क्या फूल च ?सैरो बौण मोयेगे क्या फूल च ?सैरो धौळि चुमैली   क्या फूल च ?

What are those flowers at Alaknanda River bank?

What are those different Marvelous flowers at Alaknanda River bank?

What are those followers covering whole forest at Alaknanda River bank?

What are those flowers making river beautiful at Alaknanda River bank?

Copyright (Interpretation) @ Bhishma Kukreti, bckukreti@gmail.com 21/7/2013

Folk Songs from Kumaon-Garhwal-Haridwar (Uttarakhand) to be continued…299 

                   

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(टिहरी से गढवाली जागर, लोक गीत;  उत्तरकाशी से गढवाली जागर, लोक गीत; पौड़ी से गढवाली जागर, लोक गीत; चमोली -रुद्रप्रयाग से गढवाली जागर,लोक गीत; नैनीताल से कुमाउनी जागर,लोक गीत; अल्मोड़ासे कुमाउनी जागर,लोक गीत;पिथोरागढ़ -बागेश्वर से कुमाउनी जागर,लोक गीत;चम्पावत , उधम सिंह नगरसे कुमाउनी जागर,लोक गीत;उत्तराखंडी जागर,लोक गीत;,  हरिद्वार से जागर,लोक गीत;,मध्य हिमालयीजागर,लोक गीत;, हिमालयी जागर,लोक गीत;उत्तर भारितीय जागर,लोक गीत; भारतीय जागर,लोक गीत;एशियाई जागर,लोक गीत श्रृंखला,

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