Tripura Folk Music & Dance

Folk Dances of Tripura

Garia Dance: 

This is a folk dance performed in Tripura State. The life and culture of people of Tripura revolves around Jhum culture i.e.shifting cultivation. When the of seeds are sowed at a plot of land that selected for Jhum is over by the month of middle of April, they do prayers for good future. They pray to the God `Garia` for a happy harvest. The celebration is attached to the Garia Puja that lasts about for seven days. In these seven days, they seek to entertain their beloved deity with song and dance. 

Lebang Boomani Dance: 

When the Garia festival is over, the Tripuris have a time to take rest & relax with waiting for the monsoon. During this period, charming colorful insects called `Lebang` use to visit hill slopes in search of seeds sewn on it. 

This is an annual visit of the insects. This gives the tribal youths to indulge in merry-making process. For this the men-folk make a peculiar rhythmic sound with the help of two bamboo chips held in their hand and the women folk run tottering the hill slopes to catch hold of these insects called `Lebang`. In this way they come together accidentally. 

As the rhythm of the sound produced by the bamboo chips is such that it attracts the insects from their hiding places and the women in-groups come across catching them. Today, with time jhuming on hill slopes are gradually diminishing from this part. But the cultural life that developed centering round the jhum delved deep into the social life of these people. It still can be found in the state`s hills and dales as a reminiscence of the life. The tribal of today`s time cherishes in memory with such attachments and preserves this as a treasure. For this Tripuris use the musical instruments like Khamb made of Bamboo, Flute, Sarinda, Lebang made of bamboo and bamboo cymbal. 

Tripuri women are fond of ornaments. Generally, for this occasion they wear an indigenous ornaments like chain made of silver with coin, bangle made of silver, ear and nose rings made of bronze to look good. They also adore flowers as ornaments. 

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The Odisha Folk Music

The Odissa Folk Music

Orissi music is a separate system of Indian classical music and is having all the essential as well as potential ingredients of Indian Classical form. But it has not come to limelight due to apathy from the time of British rule in Odisha, want of its proper study, revival, propagation, etc. Despite the fact, the traditional music form could be saved and maintained in its pristine form. Thanks to the musicians particularly of Jaga Akhadas of Puri district, who could develop and maintain the music. The music movement of Odisha, however, took a different turn after independence.

Like other aspects of her culture, music of the sacred land (Odisha) is charming, colourful, variegated encompassing various types. The existing musical tradition of Odisha, the cumulative experience of the last two thousand five hundred years if not more, can broadly be grouped under five categories such as : (1) Tribal Music, (2) Folk Music, (3) Light Music, (4) Light-Classical Music, (5) Classical Music, which need a short elucidations for better understanding the subject in all India context.

The tribal music as the title signifies is confined to the tribals living mainly in the hilly and jungle regions and sparsely in the coastal belt of Odisha. It is interesting to note that Odishahas the third largest concentration of tribes constituting about one fourth of the total population. They are distributed over 62 tribal communities.

Odisha is the treasure house of Folk Songs which are sung on different festivals and specific occasions in their own enjoyment. Folk music in general is the expression of the ethos and mores of the folk communities. Of the bewildering variety of folk music of Odisha, mention may be made of Geeta, Balipuja Geeta, Kela Keluni Geeta, Dalkhai Geeta, Kendra Geeta, Jaiphula Geeta, Ghumura Geeta, Ghoda Nacha and Danda Nacha Geeta, Gopal Ugala and Osa-Parva-Geeta etc.

Bhajan, Janan, Oriya songs based on ragas, Rangila Chaupadi etc. are grouped under Light classical music, which forms an important segment of Oriya music. Sri Geetagovinda, Anirjukta Pravadha, Divya Manusi Prabandha, Chautisa, Chhanda, Chaupadi (now known as Orissi), Champu, Malasri, Sariman, Vyanjani, Chaturang, Tribhang, Kuduka Geeta, Laxana and Swaramalika are the various sub-forms, which individually or collectively constitute the traditional Orissi music. These sub-forms of the traditional Orissi music, can be categorised under the classical music of Orissa.

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