Sant Kabir’s Ulatbansi | Bhojpuri folk song (with english subtitles)
“An ant died on a hill, 900 vultures gathered around, An ant died on a hill, 900 vultures gathered around, Few ate, a few litter, a few carry it in a vehicle, O beloved! Save your soul, The river is sinking in the boat.” Not many know of a particularly intriguing category of Sant Kabir’s […]
जेवनार गीत | Gaari Gaari, Prem Pyaari | Bhojpuri Jevnaar folk song | Eng subs
Women from Johni village in Bihar sing the most beautiful Jevnaar folk song. Jevnaar songs sung by women from the bride’s side when the in-laws are sitting for a feast after the wedding. Mithila king’s city is crowded, all In-laws have arrived for a feast, The foundation is made of barfi, the pillar is made […]
निर्गुण गीत | A beautiful body burning in fire | Nirgun folk song
Pt. Choubey from Varanasi presents a beautiful Nirgun folk song. One day at the river bank, I was walking leisurely I saw with my eyes, a beautiful body burning in fire O Ram! I saw with my eyes, a beautiful body burning in fire O Ram! I saw with my eyes, One day at the […]
निर्गुण गीत | Nirgun song | My lover is taking me, To his second wife’s village
In this song, this soul is a bride. And her lover or husband is taking her away. She says to her husband, ‘I know you have so many wives. Like me, many other souls are there as your bride’. For a bride, it is a matter of pain. So, she’s requesting ‘Please don’t take me’. […]
Nirgun folk song | Vaitarni | Women from Naad village in Bihar | English subs
Releasing a beautiful Nirgun folk song sung by women of Nad village, Bihar. This song is about a soul being stuck in the Vaitarni river for not donating anything during her lifetime and is now requesting Guru ji to help her out. With this, we begin a new experiment towards buidling an interactive archive of […]
Folk Tune | Holi Khele Raghubeera | Vijay Choubey | Holi & Myth
On this occasion of Holi, we bring to you a fresh new tune by Dr. Vijay Choubey (Violinist, Banaras Gharana). Here’s a piece from This is Utkarsh Speaking Blog about Holi and it’s myth. Holi, plainly put, is a festival of colours. It is a Spring festival which heralds the advent of the lovely romantic […]
