Laughter Sentiment in Garhwali Folk Plays/ Traditional Dramas/ Community Theater

गढ़वाली लोक नाटकों में हास /हौंस  भाव

Review of Characteristics of Garhwali Folk Drama, Folk Theater/Rituals and Traditional Plays part -13

                                        Bhishma Kukreti

                Bharat Muni defines laughter sentiment in drama that laughter sentiment is stimulated by caricaturing the actions of others, by various smiles, laughter, excessive laughter and the like.

 The laughter emotion or sentiment in Garhwali folk dramas might come by –

1-The Folk drama character argues ideas.

2-The folk drama performer uses wits, clever language for mocking

3-The folk drama Character uses satire or criticism   

4-There are misgivings, mistiming, misgivings, misunderstandings etc in folk drama

5-There is loss of identity due to accident or fate in folk drama. Or the characters become puppet of fate.

6-There is slapstick comedy in folk drama

 Usually, in prose folk drama performed by Badi a folk drama community of Garhwal have/had laughter sentiments than other sentiments. This is also correct for other Garhwali community prose plays.

According to quantum of laughter, Bhishma Kukreti (2013) divided r the Garhwali folk plays (especially) prose folk drama)  into following categories

1-Smit/Mul Mul hauns or very small smile

2-Surak surak hansan or unhurried smile

3-Hansan or average smile

4- sadharan hansan or medium  laughter

5- Khit Khit hansna or laud laughter

6-Lauder laughter

           Examples of Laughter sentiment in Garhwali Prose Folk Drama

   Our village Badi perfumed this folk drama in the month of Chair perhaps in 1965-66. That year was the year of Lang in Jaspur, Dhangu village of Pauri Garhwal. In Lang year in Chait month Badi with their family members stay in the village and perform drams in night.

            बाद्युं एक हंसण लाण वाळ  स्वांग

गाँव वाळ अयेड़ी खिलणो बौण अयां छन।  ग्राम प्रधान अर गाँव वाळुन   घ्वीड़ देखिन।

ग्राम प्रधान जोर से धै लगान्दु ," घ्याळ ना करिन ! घ्याळ ना करिन ! घ्याळन घ्वीडुंन भाजि जाण "

गां  वाळुन भी धै लगाइ , " घ्याळ ना करिन ! घ्याळ ना करिन ! घ्याळन घ्वीडुंन भाजि जाण "

घ्वीड़ गां  वाळु घ्याळ सूणि भाज जांदन।

बाद्युं ये स्वांग देखिक दिखंदेर (दर्शक ) जोर जोर से हंसण मिसे जांदन।

  The drama started by Badi as the villagers are in forest for hunting deer. The village chief saw deer herd. The village chief shouted   to his village fellows,” Don’t Shout! Don’t Shout! By shout the herd of hare would run away”.  All the hunting fellows shouted more loudly, ,” Don’t Shout! Don’t Shout! By shout the herd of hare would run away”. The hare herd ram away.

The audience laughed loudly.

### Read more examples of Laughter sentiments in Garhwali Folk Plays/ Traditional Dramas/ Community Theatres in part -14

Copyright @ Bhishma Kukreti, bckukreti@gmail.com 7/10/2013

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 Folklife 

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

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