FOLK MUSIC

KERALA AND MAHARASTRA

MAHARASTRA
LAVANI MUSIC
L AVA N I I S A CO M B I N AT I O N O F S O N G
AN D DA N C E T H AT I S M O S T
CO M M O N LY AS S O CI AT E D W I T H T H E
S TAT E O F M A HA R A S H T R A A S W E L L
AS T H E S U R R OU N D I N G A RE A S I N T HE
KO N K A N O R C O A S TA L R E G I O N . T H E
W O R D ‘ L AVA N I ’ I S D E R I V E D F R O M
T H E W O R D L AVA NYA , W H I C H M E AN S
‘BEAUTY’.

* L AVA N I I S A G E N R E O F M U S I C
P O P U L A R IN M A H A R A S H T R A ,
IN D IA . L AVA N I I S A C O M B I N AT IO N
O F T R A DI T I O N A L S O N G A N D
D A N C E . L AVA N I I S N O T E D F O R I T S
POWERFUL RHYTHM....THE SONGS
A R E S U N G I N A Q U IC K T E M P O .

DRESSING STYLE
* T H E L A D I E S T H AT P E R F O R M L AVA N I
W E A R A L O N G   S AR I   L E N GT H A R OU N D
9 YAR D S . T H E Y F OR M A B U N I N
T H E I R H A I R . T H E Y W E A R H E AV Y
J E W E L L E RY T H AT I NC L UD E S T H U S H I ,
BO R M A A L , Z U M KA , B A NG L E S E T C .
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* D H O L A K I S T W O - H E A D E D H A N D D R U M , A F O L K P E R C U S S I O N I N S T R U M E N T. T H I S
I N S T R U M E N T I S W I D E L Y U S E D I N Q A W WA L I , K U R T A N , L A V A N I A N D B H A N G R A . T H E
DRUM HAS TWO DIFFERENT SIZED DRUMHEADS. THE SMALLER DRUMHEAD IS MADE
O U T O F G O AT ’ S S K I N F O R P L AY I N G S H A R P N O T E S A N D T H E B I G G E R D R U M H E A D I S
M A D E O U T O F B U F FA L O S K I N F O R L O W P I T C H .

*THE BODY OR SHELL OF THE DHOLAK IS MADE OF SHEESHAM OR MANGO WOOD.

D H O L A K C A N B E P L AY E D I N T H R E E WAY S - O N T H E P L AY E R S L A P , W H I L E S TA N D I N G
OR PRESSED DOWN WITH ONE KNEE AND WHILE SITTING ON THE FLOOR. GIRISH
V I S H WA I S O N E O F T H E B E S T D H O L A K P L AY E R S I N I N D I A . 3
SOPANA SANGEETHAM
*SOPANA SANGEETHAM IS ONE
OF THE MAJOR CLASSICAL
MUSIC ART FORM ONLY
UNIQUE TO KERALA. THE
TYPICAL SOPANASANGEETHAM
NOT ALWAYS, BUT MOSTLY IN
ITS TRADITIONAL STYLE,
DEPICTS A HINDU GOD’S
PRAISE

* THE WORD 'SOPANAM'

REFERS TO THE STEPS LEADING
TO THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM.
SO, THE SOPANAM MUSIC ALSO
MEANS SINGING FROM THE
SIDE OF THE TEMPLE STEPS.
SOPANA SANGEETHAM
(MUSIC), AS THE VERY NAME
SUGGESTS, IS SUNG BY THE
SIDE OF THE HOLY STEPS
(SOPANAM) LEADING TO THE
SANCTUM SANCTORUM OF A
SHRINE.
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*THE RAGA IS RENDERED WITH THE

ACCOMPANIMENT OF IDAKKA WHILE KEEPING THE
RHYTHM ON THE CHENGILA FOLLOWED BY THE
TYAANI. THE IDAKKA, THE PERCUSSION
INSTRUMENT IS HARMONIZED BY MOVEMENT OF
THE HAND TO PRODUCE DIFFERENT TONES AND
PITCHES. THE HOURGLASS TYPE MIDDLE PIECE IS
THE CONTROLLING UNIT OF IDAKKA

*THE MUSIC IS USED IN FOLK ART FORMS LIKE

MUDIYETTU, ARJUNA NRITHAM AND CLASSICAL
ARTS FORMS LIKE KUTIYATTAM, KRISHNANATTOM
AND KATHAKALI. THERE IS NO UNIFORM SYSTEM
FOR RENDERING SOPANA SANGEETHAM. EACH AND
EVERY ARTIST SINGS AT THE LOCAL TEMPLE,
PRAISING THE PRESIDING DEITY. EACH OF THEM
HAS
RichardHIS OWN STYLE TOO. THE SONGS ARE
Branson
TRANSFERRED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

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