LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 14:6 June 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Irula Folk Songs

Dr. Pauline Das
L. Mohan Raj

Folklore Studies

India is a land of rich and varied folk art tradition. Folklore is important for the passing on of values, beliefs and moral teachings of a society. Since time immemorial, it has been an eternal part of Indian culture. The grass fields, flowing rivers, alluring temples, folklore, culture, heritage and agriculture define Indian society. “The folk and tribal arts of India are” simple, “ethnic and colorful” (vserveyou.com, 2009). It speaks volumes of our country's rich heritage.

Nils-Arvid Bringéus (1968) says:

The focus of the study of Folk life is to obtain and understand the present way of life itself. In the future we must not simply be content with reminiscences, instead testimonies. We must also study what is alive. The ethnologist is looking for the normal situation. Superficially, it may mean that ethnology becomes less historical. But its objectives in the study of society must still be to demonstrate the part played by tradition as the motor of our culture. Consequently, a historical perspective is needed in an analysis of the present and in planning the future.

The folklore studies include oral literature, material culture, social folk custom and performing folk arts. The words and phrases such as "manners", "customs", "neglected customs", "fading legends", "fragmentary ballads", etc., present an outline of Folklore (Dundles, 1965:4).

Indian Tribes

The tribes constitute a rich, unique, varied and critical elements of Indian tradition. Tribal life is an epitome of paradox. Even though, they are living in an enriched environment full of colors and music, their personal life is an untold agony arising from alienation, deprivation and enslavement.

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Dr. Pauline Das
Associate Professor
Department of English
Karunya University
Coimbatore
Tamilnadu
India
pauline@karunya.edu

L. Mohan Raj
II M.A English
Department of English
Karunya University
Coimbatore
Tamilnadu
India
mohanlara13@gmail.com
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