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Antarved Doab · Upper Indus–Gangetic Plain

लोकगीत

DholaKauravi and Braj

A long sung romance, most often the Dhola-Maru story, performed with a shrill lead voice and a nagara. The Doab-Braj-Rajasthan version of an epic that runs across the whole of northern India.

कब गाया जाता है: Fairs and night gatherings.

Ragini and swang songsKauravi

Rural moral tales, caste and family politics and comedy, sung in a shared Haryana-Upper Doab repertoire and now circulated heavily on video platforms.

कब गाया जाता है: Holi, fairs, akhara gatherings.

Kanwar songsHindi and Kauravi

Shiva devotional songs sung by walking pilgrims. The genre has changed faster than any other here — a folk form that now includes commercially recorded dance music played from trucks.

कब गाया जाता है: Sawan, on the walk from Haridwar.

AlhaKanauji and Bundeli

The Alha-Udal battle ballad, sung for hours in a driving cyclical metre in the southern districts.

कब गाया जाता है: The monsoon.

Sohar and vivah geetKanauji and Kauravi

Life-cycle songs sung by women of the household, with a large gaari repertoire of ritual abuse at weddings.

कब गाया जाता है: Births and weddings.

Ganga bhajan and Kartik songsHindi

Devotional songs to the river, sung during the month-long Kartik bathing at Garhmukteshwar, Soron, Bithoor and Prayagraj.

कब गाया जाता है: Kartik bathing and the ghat fairs.

Nautanki bolsKhari Boli and Braj

The sung verse of the Nautanki stage — doha, chaubola and daur — carrying stories of bandits, kings, lovers and, increasingly, current events.

कब गाया जाता है: All-night performances.

Antarved Doab के लोकगीत — किस बारे में हैं, कौन गाता है और कब। (7)