MUSIC
Folk music is known as
'Deshi Sangit' which is not always
standardised and may vary in scale, interval, tonality etc. from region to
region, even though the same tune is identifiable. The rhythms of the folk
music, like the tunes, come almost naturally to the people, and devoid of any
sophistication, they appeal to the heart directly. A folk song is inherited and perpetuated by oral tradition from
one generation to another. The peculiarity of the folk song lies in the
fact that every member of a community takes a more or less active part in its
ceremonial function.
In Orissa folk music is both vocal and instrumental. Work songs,
game songs, round songs, swing songs, spinning songs, teasing songs, songs of
fasts and festivals are vocal. The beggar while begging sings with the help of
dhuduki, flute,
lyre etc. The snake-charmer plays on 'Nageswara' and sings 'Padmatola'. The man
with a herd of buffaloes sing songs to the accompaniment of the one-string
instrument, 'dhuduki' are instrumental. The guitar, the mandolin, the tambourine, the harmonium and the
'saptaswara'
were recently introduced to raise harmonic and polyphonic effects in folk music.
These city musical instruments are used to accompany folk songs in radio
programmes or professional performances. Sometimes folk music play an important part in the turning point
of life, Viz. birth, marriage when daughter leaves her father's house for the
mother-in-law house or death.
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