Folk Song Forms
Bhojpuri folk songs follow the seasons: कजरी, फगुआ, चइता and बिरहा.
How It Works
Bhojpuri songs come in types, and each type has its own time of year or feeling.
| Song | When or what |
|---|---|
| कजरी | the rains (सावन) |
| फगुआ | Holi, in the month of Phagun |
| चइता | spring (चइत) |
| बिरहा | longing, being apart |
People sing them in groups, with drums and cymbals. The words use older forms: मोर and तोर for my and your, -वा and -इया endings, calls like हो रामा, and an -इ on some verbs.
The names are used with the verb गावल (to sing): कजरी गावल जाला. You can recognise each type by its season word: सावन, फागुन, चइत.
Examples (4)
- सावन में कजरी गावल जाला।
Kajri is sung in the rainy season.
कजरी goes with सावन.
- होली में फगुआ गावल जाला।
Phagua is sung at Holi.
फगुआ goes with होली.
- चइत में चइता गावल जाला।
Chaita is sung in the month of Chait.
चइता goes with चइत.
- बिरहा में बिछोह के दुख गावल जाला।
Birha sings of the pain of being apart.
बिरहा is about longing.
How It Connects
Learn This First
These song forms use refrains, मोर and older -इ forms, so learn those first.
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