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In which of the following folk - songs of this State the 'Sarangi' or 'Ektara' is used as a musical instrument?

In which of the following folk - songs of this State the 'Sarangi' or 'Ektara' is used as a musical instrument? Correct Answer Bharthari

The correct answer is Bharthari.

Key Points

  • In Bharthari folk - songs of Chattisgarh State the 'Sarangi' or 'Ektara' is used as a musical instrument.
    • Malwa Bharthari folk song is sung in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh in the memory of Raja Bharthari.
    • The epic of Bharthari was previously usually sung in fragments, a feature it shared with most other oral epics from this region.
    • While that is still the case, the introduction of professional performance contexts seems to have prompted attempts to piece together the entire narrative relying on textual sources.
    • Rekha Jalkshatri claims that her grandfather took the help of a printed version written by Babu Mahadev Prasad in Kolkata in the 1940s.
    • He and his ragi first translated this version into Chhattisgarhi and then taught that version orally to Rekha Jalkshatri, setting off an oscillation of oral and literate sources and traditions.

Additional Information

  • Sua folk music is a dance song of Gond women of Chhattisgarh state. It is a song sung by women at the festival of Deepawali.
    • Sua means 'parrot', a bird that speaks rote things.
    • In this folklore, women sing songs conveying messages through parrots.
  • Panthi dance is one of the important dance forms of Chhattisgarh State of India.
    • This Indian folk dance is basically a prominent ritual of the Satnami community of Chhattisgarh.
    • The dance is very expressive in its depiction and is performed to the accompaniment of melodious songs.

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