From
the Publisher
The present book is a laudable attempt to study the folk
literature and folk arts of the Banjara-Lambanis, one of the
original tribes of 'real' India. Dr. Naik explores the so far
unknown facets of Lambani folk literature and arts
comprehensively folk songs, narrative songs, folk tales,
proverbs, dance, Rangoli, embroidery, tattooing and folk
dramas. In this book he establishes "a realm of study in which
one could spend a lifetime with pleasure", mapping the whole
world of Banjara-Lambanis oral tradition. So this book is
highly useful to the academics and interesting to the laymen.
Author Description
Dhanasing Naik (b. 1956) who hails from a low middle class
Banjara Lambani peasant family in Gulbarga District of
Karnataka is a multi-faceted personality- a scholar, a poet, a
director, an actor and folklorist par excellence.
He having a gold medal in B.A. and First Class in M.A. from
Karnataka University, Dharwad and a Ph.D. from Gulbarga
University in 1990, published twenty research papers and
delivered ten lectures of which two at International Folk Art
Museum at Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. He has published ten
books on Folklore, Mass communication, Kannada literature and
other subjects. He wrote a drama entitled "Giri Kogilegalu"
and directed it. Being a member of several state level and
national literary and cultural organizations, he is deeply
interested in the scientific study of the folk songs, tales
and folk dramas of tribal community in general and of
Banjara-Lambani Community in particular.
At present he is a Reader in the Institute of Kannada
Studies, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. The book on the Tribal
Community of Banjara Lambanis is an excellent work to be read
and enjoyed not only by the academics but also by the public.
CONTENTS
|
Foreword |
vii |
|
Preface |
ix |
|
List of Illustrations |
xi |
| Chapter One |
Introduction |
1 |
| Chapter Two |
Lambani Folk Songs |
13 |
| Chapter Three |
Lambani Narrative Songs |
51 |
| Chapter Four |
Lambani Folk Tales |
73 |
| Chapter Five |
Lambani Proverbs |
87 |
| Chapter Six |
Lambani Riddles |
104 |
| Chapter Seven |
The Performing Art of the Lambanis |
131 |
|
Notes |
145 |
|
Glossary |
150 |
|
Bibliography |
153 |
|
Index |
159 |
