Folk Songs Of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is blessed with a rich cultural legacy and beautiful natural diversity. The state, with its ten-thousand-year-old culture, offers enormous contributions to please tourists and the devouts. Chhattisgarh, a mythical region, is a haven for nature with its beguilingly beautiful towering peaks, breathtaking waterfalls, and mesmerising wildlife, which is home to many wild and unique creatures. The state has elements of folklore, mysterious caves, thrilling adventures, and vibrant festivals. Its natural beauty is still intact, and its culture is rich in intriguing historical landmarks and ancient forts. Through eco-friendly methods, the indigenous tribes of Chhattisgarh have played a crucial part in maintaining and preserving the natural ecology for generations. It is fair to describe Chhattisgarh as a charismatic kingdom. It displays an intriguing fusion of traditional and modern cultures. The enthralling state of Chattisgarh portrays a true recreation of ancient India through a blend of local and tribal people's culture, arts, and traditions. The marvels of the state are revealed in this book's eight chapters. This book covers the impressions of Chhattisgarh’s true beauty, rawness, vibrancy, and spirit to give you an insight of this enchanting place!

Folklore Studies in India: Critical Regional Responses is an interesting compilation of twenty-eight critical articles on the beginning of folklore studies in the different parts of India. In the absence of a book that could map the history of Indian folklore studies single-handedly, this book can be deemed as the first-of-its-kind to feature the historical development of folklore studies in the different states of India. This book succinctly introduces the readers to the folk culture, folk arts, and folk genres of a particular region and to the different aspects of folkloristic researches carried out in that region.

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In Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes six representative Indian folklore genres from a single regional repertoire to show the influence of their intertextual relations on the composition and interpretation of artistic performance. Placing special emphasis on women’s rituals, she looks at the relationship between the framework and organization of indigenous genres and the reception of folklore performance. The regional repertoire under examination presents a strikingly female-centered world. Female performers and characters are active, articulate, and frequently challenge or defy expectations of gender. Men also confound traditional gender roles. Flueckiger includes the translations of two full performance texts of narratives sung by female and male storytellers respectively.