Naat and manqabatUrdu
Praise of the Prophet and of saints, sung solo or in chorus. Bareilly's role in the Barelvi tradition makes this the region's most widely heard sung form.
कब गाया जाता है: Milad gatherings and the urs season.
इस क्षेत्र का अनुवाद अभी इस भाषा में नहीं हुआ है, इसलिए यह अंग्रेज़ी में दिखाया जा रहा है।
Rohilkhand & Katehar · Upper Indus–Gangetic Plain
लोकगीत
Barka Nach cycleTharu
A Tharu retelling of Mahabharata episodes, sung and danced by men through the night with drum and cymbal.
कब गाया जाता है: Winter nights, over several sessions.
Tharu jhumra and mangal geetTharu
Marriage, harvest and forest life, sung antiphonally by women in the terai villages.
कब गाया जाता है: Weddings, harvest, Holi.
Kajri and jhoolaKatehari Hindi
Monsoon separation songs, sung on swings, in the shared repertoire of the whole plain.
कब गाया जाता है: Sawan.
Sohar and vivah geetKatehari Hindi
Household life-cycle songs, with a well-developed gaari repertoire of ritual abuse at weddings.
कब गाया जाता है: Births and weddings.
Holi phag and Laat Sahab songsHindi and Urdu
Satire and mock-abuse directed at authority, sung during the Laat Sahab procession — a licensed insult tradition with a colonial target and a much older form.
कब गाया जाता है: Holi, particularly at Shahjahanpur.
AlhaKatehari and Bundeli
The Alha-Udal ballad, sung in the southern districts of the region.
कब गाया जाता है: The monsoon.
Rohilkhand & Katehar के लोकगीत — किस बारे में हैं, कौन गाता है और कब। (7)