LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 5 May 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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Theories and Practices of Hurkiya Theatre in Uttarakhand, India

Hemant Kumar Shukla, Ph.D. and D. R. Purohit, Ph.D.

ABSTRACT

The present paper is an effort to analyze Uttarakhand’s HURKIYA THEATRE in the light of traditional concepts, theories and practices, keeping in mind the background and cultures of hill state in which this theatrical form flourished. This theatre form contains ‘Hurkiya Bol’ performance. Hurkiya Bol is associated with agriculture, mainly with the collective planting and weeding of paddy fields. A ‘Hurkiya’ plays the ‘Hurka’ and sings devotional songs in praise of local gods and seeks blessings for a good harvest, while the women working in the fields join in the singing. The most famous of the ballads sung in ‘Hurkiya Bol’ is ‘Syunraji Bora’. Hurkiya Bol is a pure narrative theatre in which the singer informs the audience of story he is going to sing. Then, he sings and narrates the parts of the story. He mimes different characters through gestures and movements. Thus, he plays several roles while narrating the story.

KEY WORDS: . Ropai, Hurka, Hurkiya, Chakuhuli, Makhuli, mandua. Dalits, Damaru, Baira, and Bhagnolas.

Hurkiya Bol: Hurkiya Bol is a singing entertainment while ‘Ropai’ (transplantation) is in progress. Transplantation anywhere is always a hard, exacting, and monotonous task, and highly injurious to the health of the workers. The Social Economy of the Himalayas1 has a chapter on ‘Hurkiya Bol’ which describes how ‘Hurkiya Bol’ plays a very vital role in motivating and entertaining the villagers, workers, and farmers at the time of transplantation which is very hard task. He describes by citing some ballads which Hurkiya (The singer) performs. To relieve the fatigue and monotony and a sort of variety and singing entertainment runs parallel during the work of transplantation. This entertainment is locally known as the ‘Hurkiya Bol’.

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Hemant Kumar Shukla, Ph.D.
Corresponding Author
Asssistant Professor in English
Govt. Degree College
Talwari-Tharali 246482
District-Chamoli
Uttarakhand
India
hemantkumar.shukla1@gmail.com

D.R. Purohit, Ph.D.
Professor in English
Department of English
H.N.B. Garhwal University Srinagar (Garhwal)
Uttarakhand
India
drpurohit2002@yahoo.com, drpurohit@yahoo.com
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