Pleasure Sentiment in Garhwali Folk Drama, Folk Theater/Traditional Plays

गढ़वाली लोक नाटकों में रति भाव

Review of Characteristics of Garhwali Folk Drama, Folk Rituals and Traditional Plays part -12

                                        Bhishma Kukreti

                            According to Bharat Natyshashtra, the pleasure sentiment in formal play is conveyed by a slight smile, delicacy of face, harmonious speech, delicate action of bows, oblique looks.  

              Usually, in the folk song-dance of Badi-Badan are of love raptures and Badi –Badan show pleasure sentiments beautifully.

          I remember a folk drama played by my village (Jaspur, Dhangu) women in the Nach gan-Maina (Song-dance month) at night. I would like to name this folk play as “Chhuma Bau’. The folk play was based on a true story that a bachelor school teacher from far area and a widow fell in love with each other. Later on teacher refused to marry her and the widow was infamous in the territory due to her non social order love for a teacher. The widow ran from her family and became wife of farmer. She left farmer and married another person.

    The area women created a folk song describing love between teacher and widow. The women who created this folk drama kept the dialogues in prose form too.  A couple of love dialogues between teacher and widow are as under-

 अध्यापक (खुस करने की मुद्रा में ) - हे बांद  ! आज त तू बड़ी बिगरैलि लगणि छे

 नायिका (शरमाकर, शरीर को बेल समान टेढ़ा , हिलाकर  ) - ह ! ह ! किलै झूठ बुलणा छंवां ?

अध्यापक (उत्साह , ढाढस, मधुर, प्रेम युक्त आवाज में ) - सच्च ! तेरी सौं ! आज त तु औंसी रातै  जून दिख्याणि छे

         Teacher (to pamper his lover)-Hey! Today, you are looking the beautiful most.

      Widow the lover (acting as cripple plant, in embarrassing mood, pleasure mood) - Why are telling a lie?

         Teacher – I sway you, I am telling the truth. You are looking as moon in New Moon night.

      

        The above play ‘Chhuma Bau’ was performed before bright lantern   light. The women actors performed the play with full enthusiasm and showed pleasure sentiment marvelously. It was just a pleasure to see the eye movements of woman performing widow.

Copyright @ Bhishma Kukreti, bckukreti@gmail.com 5/10/2013

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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