Dol Puja / Faguwa

DOL PUJA

Faagun Mahinaat Rajbanshi la maanwar bara paabni madhye ekta Dol Paabni haye. Dol Thaakur kaye bhi kahaal jaasey. Ira pujaat dol thakurer murti benaal jaasey. Murti laat Radha- Krishna nitey Shiv-parbatir laar murtila rakhaal jaasey. Pa, Dahichur aar Falfuldey ira puja karaal jaasey. Ira puja aapne ni tey Saanguwari rupat 3-4 ghar miliye karaal jaasey. Dol puja laagwar loktaak "Maariya" kahaal jaasey aar geet geedawar loker jamaatak "Holi" aar anange karey geet gidaaye gaaw-gaaw berwaak "Maalan Daalwa" kahachey.

Janiye Raakhi....

Rich tradition, poor response

Dinesh Ray talks to Anjana Rajan about lesser known music traditions of the Koch Rajbongshi community

Dinesh Ray, a researcher and collector of ancient instruments of the Koch Rajbongshi people, is a treasure house of rare knowledge, while his daughter Anindita Ray plays a number of these instruments. She also sings and dances in performances of fading traditions such as Tukkha gaan, Jugi gaan and others.

The father and daughter, who live in Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, were in New Delhi recently along with their group to perform music and dance at a seminar on Koch Rajbongshi History and Cultural Tradition.

“I started recording these traditions for LPs and EPs in 1984,” says Ray. “Before this, Harish Chandra Pal was the only person who made such recordings. He died in 1982, and after him there was no one.”

It was hard at first to convince a recording label to sign him, as he was an unknown entity to them.

Naa Jais Ge Mai Mok Chariye..

Naa Jais Ge Mai Mok Chariye..

Naa Jaaish Ge Mai Tui Aapnaar Maayer Ghar,

Mok Chariye Hetaan Ekhlaaye,

Tor Bina Baachwa Nipaam Mui,

Tok Chariye Rahabaa Nipaam Ekhlaaye,

Kenekarey Dekhaam Mui Haamaar Premer Maya,

Tok Mui Ketekhaan Prem Karchu,

Tui Mok Premer Parikcha Lailey,

Tok Chariye Rahabaa Nipaam Ekhlaaye,

Saayad Taharey Taane Dhartit Janam Lisu ,

Mok Chariye Naa Jaais Ge Mai,

Saayad Bhagwaaner Lila Haye Ira,

Maanija Ge Mai Mor Kaatha Tui,

Tor Kunha Majbur Chey Te Bataa Mok,

Miliye Ney Haamaa Sangharsh Karma,

Patyaar Tui Mok Karwa Hobey,

Tok Chariye Rahabaa Nipaam Ekhlaaye.

'डाक्टर' बन्न रिक्सा चलाउँदै सुनिलकुमार राजवंशी

सुनिलकुमार राजवंशी

'दुखीको घरमा मात्र तेरो बास हुने भए हे ईश्वर दया राखी मलाई अझै बढी दुःख दे।' प्रशिद्ध नाटककार बालकृष्ण समको यो भनाई मोरङ्का सुनिलकुमार राजवंशीको घरको छानोमा चरितार्थ भएको छ।

पढेर 'डाक्टर' बन्ने उनको ईच्छालाई पैसाले कहिल्यै साथ दिएन। उनी जसरी पनि 'डाक्टर' बन्ने र गरिब दुःखीको सेवा गर्ने योजनामा छन्। तर, पैसा नहुँदाको पिडालाई उनले बिर्तामोडको टन्टलापुर घाम या भारी वर्षासँग रिक्सा कुदाएर सामना गर्देछन्।

आपगाछी – ७ का इन्द्रलाल र उजनीदेवी राजवंशीका जेठा छोरा उनी यतिबेला बिर्तामोडमा रहेको कञ्चनजंघा इन्ष्टिच्यूट अफ हेल्थ साइन्स प्रा.लिमा