Slumber Sentiment in Garhwali Folk Dramas

गढवाली लोक नाटकों / लोक  गीतों में   निद्रा     भाव

Review of Characteristics of Garhwali Folk Drama, Folk Theater/Rituals and Traditional Plays part -41

                                    Bhishma Kukreti

             According to Bharat’s Natyashastra, slumber sentiment is demonstrated in drama on the stage by a heavy face, stretching of limbs, rolling of eyes, yawning laziness, deep breathing, relaxing body and closing the eyes.

          Sleep is a natural aspect of human and animals. Sleep may also come after doing tiresome job, heavy alcohol drinking or taking tasty food than the desired ones.

                      I remember a folk drama played by us children in a forest while taking cattle for grazing around 1964-65 in Pureth Danda of Jaspur, Malla Dhangu, Pauri Garhwal. We played a drama when a son in law visits his in law house. The mother in law provides Ghee heavily with meal to her son in law. Due to abnormal Ghee consumption with meal the son in law feels slumber. We did drama that when the villagers visit to meet son in law, the son in law’s eyes were closing before the guests came to see him, was yawning.  The son in law was pinching his body parts to be awakened.  Many times, the son in law used to sleep and suddenly would awake.

Copyright @ Bhishma Kukreti, bckukreti@gmail.com  15/11/2013

              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   निद्रा भाव; टिहरी गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  निद्रा भाव;उत्तरकाशी गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  निद्रा भाव;हरिद्वार गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  निद्रा  भाव;देहरादून गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  निद्रा  भाव;पौड़ी गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में   निद्रा भाव;चमोली गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में   निद्रा भाव;रुद्रप्रयाग गढ़वाल के गढवाली लोक नाटकों में  निद्रा  भाव;