Chaiti are semi-classical songs, originating from the

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, sung in the

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month of Chait. These songs are rendered during the Holy month of

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in March/April. It falls under light classical form of

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. The songs typically have the name of

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. It comes in the series of season songs, like

Kajari Kajari is a folk song and dance genre of India. It is a Hindustani classical music genre, performed during the rainy season usually late June to September when lush greenery reappears and agricultural labor begins again. It is often used to de ...

, Hori, and

Sawani Sawani is a genre of semi-classical singing, popular in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. It comes in the series of season songs, like Chaiti, Hori and Kajari, and is traditionally sung in the villages and towns of Uttar Pradesh: around Banaras, Mirza ...

, and is traditionally sung in the villages and towns of

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: around Banaras, Mirzapur, Mathura, Allahabad, and the Bhojpur regions of Bihar. Girija Devi is among the popular singers of Chaiti.

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