Pankaj Mishra, Hamirpur: As quickly because the month of Phagun began within the Bundelkhand area of Uttar Pradesh, the phrases of the songs of Holi Faag Geet used to resonate at the chaupals of the villages and the procession of the chaupals of Phaag began with the burning of Holi (holika dahan 2022). It used to run ceaselessly for per week, however within the age of modernity, the adolescence has turn out to be disenchanted with it. Because of this the artwork of making a song Fag has now come to the verge of extinction. In some villages, the custom of making a song Fag has additionally turn out to be restricted to a formality. As soon as upon a time in Bundelkhand, at the instance of Holi, an enormous crowd of other folks used to collect within the chaupals adorned with phag making a song. However now the adolescence is getting disenchanted with it.
Because of this, the elders of the villages really feel sorry for the artwork of phag. Right here in many of the villages, at the competition of Holi, other folks of the brand new technology experience previous songs simplest thru cassettes. In the entire villages together with Vidokhar, Kundaura and Ingohata, Surauli of Hamirpur district, the artwork of making a song has turn out to be restricted to acting formalities on Holi competition.
In Bundelkhand, there was once numerous fanfare of God
Aside from Hamirpur, Mahoba, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Jalaun, Chitrakoot and Banda of Bundelkhand, the entire villages of neighboring Madhya Pradesh had been as soon as celebrated with the dignity of God. It additionally had a singular artwork of making a song, because of which the entire village used to collect within the chaupals of Phag to concentrate. Even per week prior to the Holi burning, fairs of phag was once adorned in village-village, however for a couple of many years now, phag making a song is completed in only some villages. All of the elders, together with Banjari Kushwaha (85) and Devrati Kushwaha (70), informed that the making a song of the phagas used to start out even prior to the Holi burning. Even all the way through the time of Holika Dahan, the phag singers used to succeed in the spot with their respective groups, because of which there was once numerous enthusiasm in Holika Dahan, however now many of the villages’ chaupals are abandoned.
Within the villages, simplest the aged observe the custom of fag making a song.
Baburam Prakash Tripathi and Siddhagopal Awasthi, the elders of Kalaulizar village, informed that the brand new technology of other folks is not within the custom of making a song. Because of which, in many of the villages, the chaupal of Phag stays abandoned on a competition like Holi. Instructed that at the instance of Holi within the rural spaces of Bundelkhand, the folks of Ishwari Phagen Sukar village was once stuffed with a laugh, however now their position has been taken via movie songs and sloppy track. The elders say that at the instance of Holi competition, there are lots of villages the place phag making a song was once arranged within the chaupals for 8 consecutive days. With other tones and rhythms, this previous custom is now practiced simplest via aged other folks in a couple of villages. Now within the villages, drunken other folks do squat dance at the instance of Holi.
Holi Faag: Many villages of Bundelkhand were known with the tune of Holi, the gatherings have come, know what the elders say now