Thursday, December 31, 2015

Kamrupi Lokgeet

Kamrupi Lokogeet is very popular form of Assamese folk music rooted from ancient Kamrup district. These songs expresses common people's emotions and thoghts beautifully through multiple variants. Some of the variants are Khelar geet, Biya geet etc. Primary Kamrupi Lokogeet are devotional songs influenced by Vaishnab culture and tells about dedicating oneself towards Lord Krisna.

Dolara, Dogor are some of the instruments used in Kamrupi Lokogeet. 

Some of the prominent singers of Kamrupi Lokogeet are:

Rameswar Pathak:
  • Songs:  O monai O, Ghon Barahun Pisol Mati, doulo chari jaai probhu and many more. 
Dhanada Pathak:  
  • Songs: Laijar Bhangilu, Oki Radhe Bolre, Jasodai Dakoi etc.



Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Goalparia lokageet

Goalparia lokageet is a folk music of Assam. It carries the rich musical tradition of undivided Goalpara district.Sung to traditional tune, it usually relates the soul to mystic nature.
This kind of music was primary themed on love and romance. But it has many subdivisions.
Basically divided into four variants: Bhawaiya, Chatka, Moishalli and Maut songs.

Bhawaiya
These are songs of love and longing, with the name rooted in the Sanskrit word bhava.[1] They are steeped in seriousness,
and the tunes have a plaintive air to them.[2] Love in bhawaiya songs is not tender and romantic; instead the songs express a longing for a husband or a lover.

Chatka
The chatka songs, in contrast to bhawaiya, are themed not solely on love, and does not have the plaintive seriousness.
Instead, they are direct and often flippantly casual. They often depict a special dewar-bhauji relationship, extra-marital relationships and situations.

Maut
The maut songs are based on the stories of elephant capturing.

Moshali
The term "mohis" means "buffalo".  Moishali means "connected with buffalo".  Therefore moishali songs refer to themes that refer to buffalo.

Prominent artists: Pratima Pande Barua. 

Monday, December 28, 2015

Jyotiprasad Agarwala. The "Rupkonwar" of Axom

Born: June 17, 1903, Tezpur
Died: January 17, 1951, Tezpur

Works:
  • Songs: Over 300 songs. Songs are known as Jyoti Sangeet
  • Plays: Sonit Kunwori, Karengar Ligiri, Rupalim, Nimati Konya, Sonpakhilee, Khanikar, Kanaklata, Sundarknowar, Lobhita
  • Films: Joymoti, Indramalati
Poems:
  • Jyoti Raamaayon - Poetry Collection
  • Luitor Paaror Agnixur - Poetry Collection, 1971


Contributions:
  • He took part in independence movement and imprisoned for fifteen months.
  • Made first assamese film “Joymoti” in 1935.