Anxiety Sentiment in Garhwali Folk Drama

गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  चिंता  भाव

Review of Characteristics of Garhwali Folk Drama, Folk Theater/Rituals and Traditional Plays part -29

                                        Bhishma Kukreti

           According to Bharat’s Natyashastra, anxiety in drama is demonstrated on the stage by deep breathing or sighing, lamentation, deep thinking, keeping the face down, disturbed thinking and weakness of body.

           I remember a Ramleela scene in Mitragram, Malla Dhangu, Pauri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) aound October 1963-64.  When Father of Rama listened dialogue of Kaikeyi that Dashrath has to send Rama for Jungle for fourteen years and Bharat should be made King of Ayodhya. Dashrath character performer fell on the ground; he breathed deeply and showed anxiety very well.  

   

    There are various religious ritual folklore those are sung in Jagar or Pando dance and song where many events are there where anxiety is described and performers (pashwa who acts as the character of deity etc)  display anxiety.

 The following folklore is about Abhimanyu Jagar where anxiety of Yudhister is described.

               गढ़वाली लोक नाट्य गीतों में चिंता भाव

अभिमन्यु बाजा नाट्य - नृत्य-गीत

तुम रौंदा होला राजा जयंती दिगपाल  

तुम होला राजा छत्रसाल भौर

कपटी कौरवों न राजा कुचालू रचेली

जौन रचे राजा सात द्वारों की लड़ाई

जयंती राज भंज राजा सणि पत्री देंदा

जती रंदा पांडो तुम जीती राज मान

तुम आवा पंडो अब सात द्वारों की लड़ाई

जयंती मा ह्व़े ग्याई झोंळी झंकार

सीली त ओबरी राजा झिली ह्वेगे खाट

राजा अर्जुन जायुं च दक्खन का देस

साथ छ वैका किरसण सारथी

स्रोत्र डा. पुरुषोतम डोभाल

सन्दर्भ डा. शिवा नन्द नौटियाल

 Translation of above religious  folk drama-song –dance (Jagar)  -

Kauravas invite Yudhister at Jainto bar.

Kaurvas keep the condition of winning Chakravyuha

According to war rule, Yudhister had to follow the rule and had to accept the challenge

Beside Arjun, nobody was expert of breaking Chakravyuha strategy

Arjun had gone for another war far away from Jaintobar.

Yudhister became sad, worried, and anxious

 There is following another example of showing anxiety is sentiment n folk drama.

    The Shrinagar Garhwal folk drama team led by Dr. R. Bhatt directed ‘Chakravyuha’ a folk drama of North Garhwal. Yudhister was worried because Kauravas invited Yudhister for battle and Kauravas led by Dronacharya trapped Pandavas for Chakravyuha (a strategy). Only Arjun was able to break the strategy. Arjun had gone for another battle far away from Chakravyuha field. Here in folk drama directed by Dr. Bhatt, the performer of Yudhister showed anxiety very well. 

Copyright @ Bhishma Kukreti, bckukreti@gmail.com  31/10/2013

              Review of Characteristics of Garhwali Folk Drama, Folk Rituals and Traditional Plays part to be continued… 

                    References

1-Bharat Natyam

2-Steve Tillis, 1999, Rethinking Folk Drama

3-Roger Abrahams, 1972, Folk Dramas in Folklore and Folk life 

4-Tekla Domotor , Folk drama as defined in Folklore and Theatrical Research

5-Kathyrn Hansen, 1991, Grounds for Play: The Nautanki Theater of North India

6-Devi Lal Samar, Lokdharmi Pradarshankari Kalayen 

7-Dr Shiv Prasad Dabral, Uttarakhand ka Itihas part 1-12

8-Dr Shiva Nand Nautiyal, Garhwal ke Loknritya geet

9-Jeremy Montagu, 2007, Origins and Development of Musical Instruments

10-Gayle Kassing, 2007, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach

11- Bhishma Kukreti, 2013, Garhwali Lok Natkon ke Mukhya Tatva va Charitra, Shailvani, Kotdwara

12- Bhishma Kukreti, 2007, Garhwali lok swangun ma rasa ar Bhav , Chithipatri

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