Symbolism in Bajuband Poems, or Folk Love Poems of Garhwal Uttarakhand
Bhishma Kukreti
Use of symbols in primitive poems is common in every primitive literature and found commonly all the region of world. As Nikifor Robovski describes on, “Macedonian folkloristic themes-Mythological characters in Macedonian demonological folk songs” that the symbols in Macedonian folk poems were not limited . He argued that symbols provided the field for creators to create the poems (folkloristic ) according to their freedom and thoughts. According to Nikifor , the common symbols in Macedonian folk literature are-some phenomena, flowers, trees, birds, torrents, water springs, fountains full of fresh and cold water, mists, winds, etc. taken from Nature. Robovski describes that the symbols have various meanings as, “ Youth, Old Age, Good Health, Love, Beauty, Good Luck, Happiness, Nostalgia, and of many other notions.”
Dr Shiva Nand Nautiyal and Malchand Ramola provided many examples of use of symbols in the Bajuband song and Bajuban dpoetries of Garhwal respectively.
Usually, the creators use symbols of first stanza, though this stanza does not have any connection with the min poem but the symbols creat an atmosphere of nature etc as
Laguli ka mod
Hisar ki Gondi
Hariya jau ka kees
References:
1- Robovski, Nikifor , Macedonian folkloristic themes-Mythological characters in Macedonian demonological folk songs,
http://www.maknews.com/forum/post244691.html?sid=94244f96875253f955388a68755bb08d2- Nautiyal, Dr Shivanand , 1981, Garhwali Nrityageet, hindi Sahitya sammelan, pp441-445
3- Ramola, Malchand, Bajuband -Kavya, 1988
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