Dadaria (Chhattisgarhi: ददरिया) is one of various types of folk-songs or field-songs of the state of
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...
in India. These songs were very popular and part of folklore before the 1970s and were sung by village men or women while harvesting in
paddy field
A paddy field is a flooded field (agriculture), field of arable land used for growing Aquatic plant, semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming cultures of the Yangtze River basin in sout ...
s or during leisure. In the late 1980s, the singing of these songs by any man before a woman or women in private were considered to be socially unacceptable due to intimate language of these songs which had developed mostly as 'question and response' between a male-female duet. The dadaria songs are now available on recorded tapes and compact discs on audio and video. The famous professional dadaria singers include Sheikh Hussain and
Mamta Chandrakar
Mamta Chandrakar (born 3 December 1958) is a Padma Shri Awarded folk singer of Chhattisgarh. She is referred to as the Nightingale of Chhattisgarh. Mamta Chandrakar has her post graduation degree in singing from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidy ...
.
A famous song ''Sasural Genda Phool'' from the movie
Delhi-6
''Delhi-6'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan as an NRI who arrives in India with his ailing grandmother (played by Waheeda Rehman) and begins discovering his root ...
has been adapted from a dadaria.
Notable Dadaria Songs
Some of the famous dadaria songs are
"Popular Dadaria Songs"
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# Chana Ke Daar Raja Chana Ke Daar Rani
# Pata De Ja Re, Pata Le Ja Re Gadiwala
# Ek Paisa Ke Bhaji La Du Paisa Ma Dehe O
# Ka Tai Mola Mohni Daar Dehe Gonda Phool
# Kaata Khoonti Ke Rengoeaa Kamra Khumri Ke Odhoeyya Daya Maya Le Ja Re
# Adbad Gothiathas Tain Mann Ke Bharam La O
# Lage Raithe Diwana Tor Bar Mor Maya Lage Raithe
References
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Indian folklore
Culture of Chhattisgarh
Festivals in Chhattisgarh