The famous songs from our different tribes are not included here.Īssamese songs can be divided into three categories:įolk: “The folk song has been well defined as a lyric poem with melody originating anonymously in times past among unlettered folk and remaining in currency for a considerable time, usually centuries.” (Cassel’s Encyclopedia of literature, vol.1.p.225). This article has been delving only an inch of it and has presented just a few elements of it. The domain of Assamese music is as vast and deep as an ocean. On the other hand some of varieties are preserved in manuscripts and some of them have the classical characteristic. Here some of the varieties are verbal and run from mouth to mouth by common people and renders day to day life chores a strain of folk feeling.
This write up is just a humble endeavor to explore some variety of songs which are found in different form of Assamese language. The vibrant festivals of the state are the prime occasions of singing these songs. The entire class of songs possesses many kinds of melodic variations. Along its journey through the sands of time, music of Assam adopted and assimilated the cultural sentiment and aspiration of different small and large ethnic societies that inhabited Assam from time to time. The present form of music of this state can be said to have acquired as a result of the historical development. The music of Assam is said to have been inspired by the beauty and magical touch of nature of its land and from its highly cultured and resourceful people. So the music of Assamese people which is so grand and special in its origin, thus dates back to the time which history can hardly reach. Chitralekha is said to be the first artist of Martyaloka (earth). It started its maiden journey in the days of King Baana, when princess Usha and her friend Chitralekha sang and danced together at Agnigarh (currently located in Tzpur, Assam).
Assamese music is as ancient as the Puranas, Mahabharata etc. Mythology refers to music being brought to the people of Assam from a place of celestial beings. Music breaks all divisions of race religion, cast and creed. If human being is the greatest creation of god then music is the greatest creation of human being.
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