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Folk Music Of Madhya Pradesh
The Reel is remarkable. Every
young man must respond to the call of this dance.
It si an ever lasting favorite with the Muria
boys and girls. They may sing the Relo on any
occasion. The girl take the initiative which is
never ignored tea counter sex :
For six months or one full year
I'll keep my eyes on you
I want you to be a girl serene
Not stupid like buffalo.
The music of the Hill Maria and Bails is full
of short scales. Crooning is not rare in the music
of the Abujhmar tribe. The Murias of the North
Bastar generally with full throated voice, sometimes
use five to six notes. It is evident that the
music and dance are interdependent among these
tribes. Surprisingly enough, the Murias, the sing
Marias, the Bhils and the Korkus do not share
the common traits of their traditional music,
with the exception that the Sing Marias, the Bhils
and the Korkus layers overlapping with the Marias.
They have melodies of short ambits with occasional
move to the octave. This reminds Alain Dial, the
French musicologist, of the " Musical Forms" found
in Papua, Africa and Central Formosa.
In the surrounding villages of Jagdalpur, the
Leo song has a significant place. The Lija song
probably has its origin with the" Send off" ritual
to some dear one. Literally the Leja means
" Take it", which would have been the initial
wish of the " send off" ritual. Many of the Leja
songs are lengthy. The rhyming lines – Leja, Leja,
Leja just serve as a relic and could e recited
to unfold any song. The recitative line seldom
has any affinity with the actual songs It merely
helps to enhance the form of the song, These Leja
songs, in their tests, may be about a bright-eyed
girl, a hit summer night rainy season, harvest
grievances, satires life, loose women, poverty
or police atrocities. Any subject may be the theme
of the Lega.
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