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Biraha or Birha is a traditional folk song of Bhojpuri speaking people to highlight the feelings related to missing or meeting to beloved. Its place in folk songs is as important as that of Dwipadi in Sanskrit, Gatha in Prakrit and Barwai in Hindi. It is composed of two episodes. When one side says their point, the other side answers in the same verse. There is no limit to the number of quantities. The volume varies with the tune of the song. It indicates the intense longing of the spouse and the pain of love or feeling of separation from him. Separation is a king, a body that does not know separation, it is a living corpse. Outside India, this genre can be found in the former colonies of where Indian indentured laborers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar emigrated to, such as Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius, and Suriname, as well as in other Caribbean countries. Birha is especially popular among the Ahir (Yadav) community.
Biraha is believed to have originated during the Mughal period among peasant and pastoral groups in North India and until the 1880s, it was mostly confined to villages, sung during cattle-grazing, at night for leisure, and at social ceremonies such as weddings and engagements. In the early 20th century, Bihari Lal Yadav played a key role in developing Biraha into an urban musical genre, particularly in Benares, where it was performed at temple festivals and annual religious celebrations.
The oldest form of Biraha was known as Khari Biraha (also referred to as 'Pure Biraha'), which was sung in the style of a ballad. It sometimes drew on puranic themes such as Krishna's separation from the Gopis, though it is now rarely performed. The modern Biraha has evolved nearly 150 years ago, from its older form. These were used to written in the form of two rhymed lines used to be performed without any musical instruments.
Rām kī laṛaiyā ke nā païbe rawanawā, jekarī bagal me hanumān
Sonā kē laṃkā toharī mātī me milaīhen, tūṛ dihen toharo gumān
Ravan, you can not succeed in fighting Ram, who has Hanuman at his side
Your golden Lanka will be mixed in the soil (destroyed), your pride will be broken
Contemporary 19th-century sources provide insight into the genre's state during this period. An 1886 account by G.A. Grierson documents Biraha's thematic landscape, describing it as an unformalized art form, or a "wild flower that is not cultivated in the field... it dwells in the heart, and when a man's heart overflows, he sings it."
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Biraha
Biraha or Birha is a traditional folk song of Bhojpuri speaking people to highlight the feelings related to missing or meeting to beloved. Its place in folk songs is as important as that of Dwipadi in Sanskrit, Gatha in Prakrit and Barwai in Hindi. It is composed of two episodes. When one side says their point, the other side answers in the same verse. There is no limit to the number of quantities. The volume varies with the tune of the song. It indicates the intense longing of the spouse and the pain of love or feeling of separation from him. Separation is a king, a body that does not know separation, it is a living corpse. Outside India, this genre can be found in the former colonies of where Indian indentured laborers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar emigrated to, such as Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius, and Suriname, as well as in other Caribbean countries. Birha is especially popular among the Ahir (Yadav) community.
Biraha is believed to have originated during the Mughal period among peasant and pastoral groups in North India and until the 1880s, it was mostly confined to villages, sung during cattle-grazing, at night for leisure, and at social ceremonies such as weddings and engagements. In the early 20th century, Bihari Lal Yadav played a key role in developing Biraha into an urban musical genre, particularly in Benares, where it was performed at temple festivals and annual religious celebrations.
The oldest form of Biraha was known as Khari Biraha (also referred to as 'Pure Biraha'), which was sung in the style of a ballad. It sometimes drew on puranic themes such as Krishna's separation from the Gopis, though it is now rarely performed. The modern Biraha has evolved nearly 150 years ago, from its older form. These were used to written in the form of two rhymed lines used to be performed without any musical instruments.
Rām kī laṛaiyā ke nā païbe rawanawā, jekarī bagal me hanumān
Sonā kē laṃkā toharī mātī me milaīhen, tūṛ dihen toharo gumān
Ravan, you can not succeed in fighting Ram, who has Hanuman at his side
Your golden Lanka will be mixed in the soil (destroyed), your pride will be broken
Contemporary 19th-century sources provide insight into the genre's state during this period. An 1886 account by G.A. Grierson documents Biraha's thematic landscape, describing it as an unformalized art form, or a "wild flower that is not cultivated in the field... it dwells in the heart, and when a man's heart overflows, he sings it."