Fatigue Sentiment in Garhwali Folk Drama

 गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  श्रम भाव

Review of Characteristics of Garhwali Folk Drama, Folk Theater/Rituals and Traditional Plays part -25

                                        Bhishma Kukreti

             According to Bharat’s Natyashastra the fatigue sentiment should be shown by pressing and massaging the body, deep breathing, and yawning, slow walk, distorted eyes, making tired face and making faint indistinct sounds.

   Around 1964, this author and his village fellows played a drama based on a folk story ‘नि सौक सकुद , नि सौक सकुद !’ (ni sauk sakud or I can’t complete) in Ganikya forest while taking cattle for grazing.

 There is abrid in our region that quakes in morning and evening as ‘ni sauk sakud , ni sauk sakud”. The story is that a man was carrying load of a ton of Udad from his farm on his head. The man was not so strong. Due to over load and fatigue the man died saying that ‘ni Sauk Sakud’. In his next birth, the man became that bird that speaks ,ni sauk sakud , ni sauk sakud  ( I can’t complete).

Eleven years old Sohan Lal Kukreti played the role of tired man. I remember that Sohan Lal Kukreti showed weakness by trembling legs, slow walk while having heavy load of Udad. Sohan lal was also breathing as if he can’t carry heavy load. Sohan Lal Kukreti cried on very low voice ‘ni sauk Sakud, ni sauk sakud’.

 When Sohan Lal as man died Shatrughna Jakhmola copied the tone of that bird that quakes,”ni Sauk Sakud, Ni sauk Sakud” नि सौक सकुद , नि सौक सकुद !’ marvelously

                    Fatigue Sentiment by Ravan in Ramlila

                After Tulsidas’s  Ramcharit Manas, playing the drama based on life of lord Rama became popular in India specially north India.  

           In Garhwal, Ram Lila became popular around last years of nineteenth century. I sa w Ram Lila in various parts of Garhwal, Dehradun and Haridwar. At the sequel of Sita Syayambar, in every Ram Lila drama showed the fatigued of Ravan when he wanted to pick Shiv Dhanush at Sita Syambar. I remember Ram Lila of Gweel, Malla Dhangu, Pauri Garhwal where the character of Ravan showed his fatigue by wiping his sweats, regularly sitting on the ground, trembling legs, breathing heavily as if he was running on ascending hill slopes  etc.

Copyright @ Bhishma Kukreti, bckukreti@gmail.com  28/10/2013

              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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गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  श्रम भाव; टिहरी गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में श्रम भाव;उत्तरकाशी गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  श्रम  भाव;हरिद्वार गढ़वाल केगढवाली लोक नाटकों में   श्रम भाव;देहरादून गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में   श्रमभाव;पौड़ी गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में   श्रम भाव;चमोली गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में   श्रम भाव; रुद्रप्रयाग गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में   श्रम भाव;