MCQ
Q.
Which folk music of Rajasthan is sung to praise water and rain?
Correct Answer: B
The correct answer is Panihari.
Key Points
- Panihari
- Panihari song composed by Rajasthani women.
- This folk is sung when women find difficulty in finding water in arid areas like deserts.
- Panihari praises water and rain highlighting its importance.
- Song describes the joy of rivers, rains, and water.
- In the villages of beautiful mud houses in the Thar Desert.
- The Thar desert is the largest desert of India also called the Great Indian Desert.
Additional Information
- Pabuji Ki Phad:
- Pabuji Ki Phad is the folk music of Rajasthan.
- Pabuji is worshipped as the deity of the desert.
- Phad means long screen made of cloth with heroic stories of Pabuji.
- Bhopas of Pabusar narrates the story to the community singing folk of Pabuji.
- Pabuji the great folk hero of 14th century AD.
- Pandavani:
- Folk music of Chhattisgarh.
- Folk music is based on the epic Mahabharata.
- Pandavani is sung by women narrating the story of Pandava.
- Bhima is the main hero of the story.
- Teejan Bai is the most famous singer of this style.
- Maand
- Maand is the folk music of Rajasthan.
- Maand folks are songs describing the glory of Rajput rulers.
- Thumri or Ghazal are considered close to Maand.
- Famous song Kesariya Balam is in Maand style.
