Question

Which one of the following is a popular folk song of Uttar Pradesh?
1. Bowl
2. Kajri
3. Boli
4. Naach

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Kajri

The correct answer is Kajri.

• Kajri folk song is often used to describe the longing of a maiden for her lover as the black monsoon cloud arrives in the summer skies, and the style is notably sung during the rainy season.
• Kajri folk song is traditionally sung in the villages and towns of Uttar Pradesh around Banaras, Mirzapur, Mathura, Allahabad, and the Bhojpur regions of Bihar.
• According to a folk tale of Mirzapur, there was a woman called Kajli whose husband was in a distant land. Monsoon arrived and the separation became unbearable, she started crying at the feet of the Kajmal Goddess.
• These cries took the form of the popular Kajri songs. There are two forms of Kajri singing in Uttar Pradesh, one within which it is sung on a performance platform and the other when it is sung by women on monsoon evenings while dancing in a semi-circle- this is known as the 'Dhunmuniya Kajri'.