Jhumar song

Jhumur or Jhumar or Jhumair is a folk music of Sadanic spoken people of estern Chota Nagpur plateau i.e. eastern side of Jharkhand, southwestern region of West Bengal and northern part of Odisha. Also in the Tea State of Assam due to emigration.[1] Jhumar songs sing various social events (i.e. primarily in Karam, Tusu, Badna) by aboriginal communities like Kurmi, Oraon, Chik Barik, Bagal, Bhumij, Rajwar, Munda.[2][3]

This article is about folk music of Sadanic ethnolinguistic group. For its eponymous dance, see Jhumair.

Overview

The word Jhumar derived from Jhum (Shifting cultivation), which is a regional name of the primitive way of cultivation by aboriginals in eastern India and Bangladesh. In earlier period, it was a form of shouting (locally known as Hawka/ Hanka) by working women in the form of short lines describing their emotions in the agriculture field. In the influence of Hinduism the song is colored with religious Gods like Radha Krishna, Rama Lakshmana.[1]

The Jhumar songs vary depending upon the region of singer as the Jhumar culture comprises a vast region of east india. So other dominant languages are intermixed with the song, making different dialectical songs. In general, Jhumar songs are classified into two broad group i.e. Traditional Jhumar and Modified Jhumar. Some example of Traditional Jhumar are Adivasi Jhumur, Kathi Jhumur, Nachni Jhumur and Darbari, Pala, Dand are the examples of Modified Jhumar.[4]

Adibasi, Bagalia, Baha, Bhaduria, Burihi, Chaitali, Dand, Darbari, Darsalia, Galoari, Jharkhandja, Jheta, Jhika, Jhikadang, Karam, Khatinach, Kurmali, Lagrey, Magha, Matoari, NachniNach, Pala, Pata, Raila, Riuja, Sadhu, Saharja, Tand, Thant and many more are the various disciplined Jhumar songs themed in Laukik Prem, Pouranik, Prahelika, Radha Krishna and Samajik.[1][5]

Notable singer

Reference
  1. Mondal, Anindya (August 2018). "Jhumur Song: A Geo – Environmental Analysis". Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education. XV (6): 35–37. doi:10.29070/15/57671. ISSN 2230-7540. S2CID 135187216.
  2. Singh, Kumar Suresh (2008). People of India: Bihar, including Jharkhand (2 pts). Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-81-7046-302-3.
  3. Sinha, Manik Lal. "Jhumar of the West Bengal highlands". Indianculture.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  4. Dey, Falguni. "Folk Culture of West Bengal". Journal of Institute of Landscape Ecology and Ekistics. 35 (1). ISSN 0971-4170.
  5. Narayan Chattopadhyay (1999). "Jhumur" Lokosanskriti and Adivasi Sanskriti Kendra, Kolkata.
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