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Launda Naach
The Lavanda Nach (Bhojpuri: 𑂪𑂫𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂰 𑂢𑂰𑂒𑂢𑂰𑂒; Lit.: Boy's Dance) is a folk dance of the Bhojpuri speaking Community of India, Nepal, Mauritius and the Caribbean Islands. It is performed by only males who dress as women called "lavanda". During the wedding ceremony lavanda dancers are a focal point, leading the groom's entourage to the bride's home. Name The Bhojpuri word ''launda'' literally means a young male adolescent. However, in daily life, it is sometimes used as a derogatory term for a man, who is effeminate and from an inferior Caste. Whereas, the term ''naach'' translates to dance. In the Mughal Era, Courtesans had significant importance. From there, the dance of female performers became popular among moneylenders and landlords. The performance used to be called as ''baiji'' and the dance was called ''baiji naach.'' On the other hand the naach of boys was popular among lower caste, and it is believed that the word launda with naach w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtesan
Courtesan, in modern usage, is a euphemism for a "kept" mistress (lover), mistress or prostitute, particularly one with wealthy, powerful, or influential clients. The term historically referred to a courtier, a person who attended the Royal court, court of a monarch or other powerful person. History In European feudalism, feudal society, the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed together. Prior to the Renaissance, courtesans served to convey information to visiting dignitaries, when servants could not be trusted. In Renaissance Europe, courtiers played an extremely important role in upper-class society. As it was customary during this time for royal couples to lead separate lives—commonly marrying simply to preserve bloodlines and to secure political alliances—men and women would often seek gratification and companionship from people living at court. In fact, the verb 'to court' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangeet Natak Academi Award
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition given to people in the field of performing arts. The award earlier in 2003, consisted of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an '' angavastram'' (a shawl), and a ''tamrapatra'' (a brass plaque). Since 2009 cash prize has been increased to ₹1,00,000. The awards are given in the categories of music, dance, theatre, other traditional arts and puppetry, and for contribution/scholarship in performing arts. Award recipients The recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in various categories of performing arts have been listed below Music Hindustani music Vocal *1952 – Mushtaq Hussain Khan *1953 – Kesarbai Kerkar *1954 – Rajab Ali Khan *1955 – Anant Manohar Joshi *1956 – Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale *1957 – Rasoolan Bai *1958 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beti Bechwa
Beti Bechwa ( Bhojpuri: ) or Beti Biyog (English:- The Daughter seller) is a Bhojpuri play by Playwright Bhikhari Thakur. It was one of several plays written by Thakur based on true events, showing the bad side of society, poverty and Women Empowerment. The play shows the practice of mismatched marriages which are executed between young girls and aged men in exchange of money for the girl's family. Characters * Upato : A young girl * Lobha : Upato's mother *Chatak : Upato's father *Gotiya : A relative of Chatak *Pandit : A priest *Dulaha : An old man and Upato's Husband *Panch : Judge of village court *Other characters: Some women and Baratis Plot ''Upato'' is the daughter of ''Lobha'' (mother) and ''Chatak'' (father). Due to the poor condition of the family they find it difficult to marry Upato and decided to sell her to any rich family. A person named ''Jhantul'' lives in a village named ''Baklolpur'' (trans.: City of fools), who is very rich, aged and unmarried. Chatak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabarghichor
Gabarghichor (Bhojpuri: ) is a play by Bhojpuri playwright Bhikhari Thakur (1887–1971). The play is about a woman, whose husband was a migrants and she had an illegal relationship with a man of her village and a child named Gabarghichor from that man. It is sometimes compared to Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' (german: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis) is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a b .... Characters The play have five main Character: * Galij bo :- A married women living with her son and her husband is a migrant who has gone to Calcutta for living. * Gabarghichor :- 15-year-old son of Galij bo. *Galij :- Husband of Galij bo who works in Calcutta. *Garbari :- A villager with who Galij bo has extramarital Affairs. *Panch :- The judge of Village court. Plot Storyline This play is set in a vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidesiya (play)
Bidesiya ( Bhojpuri: ) or Baharā Bahār is a Bhojpuri play by Bhojpuri playwright Bhikhari Thakur. It is one of the several plays written by Bhikhari Thakur on women empowerment, migration and poverty. Owing to its popularity it becomes the folk theatre style of Bhojpuri region, some scholars has also claimed it to be as popular as Ramayana in those days. The play depicts the condition of women in Bhojpuri Society in the 19th century, the problem of migration and poverty. The play was composed and staged in 1912 and published as a book in 1917. Names This play was published as Kaljug Bahar then it was published as Bahara Bahar, due to its character named ''Bidesiya'' it became famous with the name Bidesiya. Characters The play ''Bidesi''a has primarily five characters:- * Bidesiya :- The main character, who goes to earn in Calcutta and remarries there. * Pyari Sundari :- Bidesiya's wife * Batohiya :- A traveller. * Saloni:- Bidesiya's second wife * Devar :- Bidesiya's b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramchandra Manjhi
Ramchandra Manjhi (IAST: Rāmcaṃdra māṃjhī; Bhojpuri: 𑂩𑂰𑂧𑂒𑂢𑂹६ 𑂧𑂰𑂖𑂹𑂕𑂲, 1925 – 7 September 2022) was an Indian Bhojpuri folk dancer and theatre artist who is famous as a Launda Naach performer. He was one of the members of Bhikhari Thakur's drama team and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2017 and was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2021. Biography Manjhi was born in Tajpur in the Saran district of Bihar in 1925 in a Dalit family. At the age of 10, he joined the drama team of Bhikhari Thakur and until his demise (1971) he worked with him. He was the oldest member of the Drama team. In his life he performed before many big names like Suraiya, Waheeda Rehman, Meena Kumari, Helen etc. In 2017, he won the Sangeet Natak Academy award, however his felicitation happened in 2019 by the President of India. In January 2021, he was awarded the Padma Shri award in the field of Arts. He died on 7 Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhikhari Thakur
Bhikari Thakur (18 December 1887 – 10 July 1971) was an Indian Bhojpuri language poet, playwright, lyricist, actor, folk dancer, folk singer and social activist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest writer in Bhojpuri language and most popular folk writer of Purvanchal and Bihar. He is often called the "Shakespeare of Bhojpuri" and "Rai Bahadur". His works consist of more than a dozen plays, Monologues, Poems, Bhajans which appeared in print as nearly three dozen books. His noteworthy works are Bidesiya, Gabarghichor, Beti Bechwa and Bhai Birodh, Gabarghichor is often compared with Bertolt Brecht's play ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle''. He is also known as the father of the naach folk theatre tradition. He is also credited as the first person to cast male actors in female roles. Thakur was born and raised in Kutubpur village of Saran, in his adolescence he married Matuna from whom he had only one son: Shilanath Thakur. In the early 1900s, he started his career as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhojpuri Region
The Bhojpuri region or Bhojpur is an area encompassing parts of the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand, and the Madhesh, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces of Nepal, where the Bhojpuri language is spoken as a mother tongue. History Pre-history and Antiquity The earliest known evidence of Human settlement in the region are the Cave painting of Kiamur and Mirzapur. The first Neolithic settlement found in this region is in Chirand of Saran, which dates back 2500-1500 B.C. and is contemporary to the Harrapans. Etymology The Bhojpuri region received its name after the town of Bhojpur (Arrah), the headquarters of the Ujjainiya Rajputs of the former Shahabad district of Bihar. Culture The economic and industrial growth of this region had been greatly hindered because of caste-guided political in-fighting and a huge population. The culture of Bhojpur is also very much present today in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa, due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mughal Era
The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the dynasty and the empire itself became indisputably Indian. The interests and futures of all concerned were in India, not in ancestral homelands in the Middle East or Central Asia. Furthermore, the Mughal empire emerged from the Indian historical experience. It was the end product of a millennium of Muslim conquest, colonization, and state-building in the Indian subcontinent." For some two hundred years, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River, Indus river basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in South India. Quote: "The realm so defined and governed was a vast territory of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhojpuri
Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries , Oxford University Press ) is an native to the Bhojpur- region of and the region of |
Caste System In India
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic example of classification of castes. It has its origins in Outline of ancient India, ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially the Mughal Empire and the British Raj. It is today the basis of Reservation in India, affirmative action programmes in India as enforced through constitution of India, its constitution. The caste system consists of two different concepts, ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' and ''Jāti, jati'', which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system. Based on DNA analysis, endogamous i.e. non-intermarrying Jatis originated during the Gupta Empire. Our modern understanding of caste as an institution in India has been influenced by the collapse of the Mughal era and the rise of the British Raj, British colonial government in India. The collapse of the Mughal era saw the rise of powerful men who associated themselves w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
