Rimi Jhimi programme organized through Google Meet to preserve Kudmali folklore

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TEZPUR: The Rimi Jhimi Kudmali folk song programme organized to preserve the Kudmali language folklore was held on Monday through online Google Meet at the initiative of Kudmali Sahitya Sabha, Assam Central Committee.

The event was hosted by Assam Kudmali Sahitya Sabha chief secretary Suresh Kudmi. He said that steps had to be taken to preserve the folk songs of Kudmali language prevalent among the tribal tea community of Assam. Artistes from different parts of Assam participated in the event and performed Kudmali folk songs by Ambika Kudmi, Himashree Mahato and others.

Attending the cultural event, eminent Jhumur Guru Bhadra Rajwar said that the highest prevalence of Kudmali songs could be seen in various pujas, festivals and marriages among the tribal tea community of Assam. Songs of Karam Parv, songs of Sahrai Parv, songs of Tusu Parv, Biya Geet and Kudmali folk songs like Kudmi, Rajwar, Pan, Tanti, Kumar, Goala, Kamhar or Lohar, Kairi, Bedia, Ghatwar, Teli, Nayak, Muchi, Dom and Ghasi had been prevalent among various tribes since mythological days. Now some young artistes were trying to distort the melody of these songs by using obscene words, he lamented.

Noted writer and researcher Sanjay Kumar Tanti said that Kudmali language was a very old language. He further added that the Kudmali language was still prevalent among a large number of people belonging to different ethnic groups coming to Assam from the Chhotanagpur region of Central India. The Kudmali language is prevalent in Assam in some mixed form, though the traditional folk songs are still in vogue, he added. He called upon the Kudmali Sahitya Sabha to preserve them. He also advocated an objective research on the theme of these folk songs, melody and quality. He also said that these folk songs also needed to be propagated and exchanged among the people of Assam.

Kudmali Sahitya Sabha founder editor Jeevan Jyoti Kudmi proposed to hold a special workshop on Kudmali folk songs. Central cultural secretary of Kudmali Sahitya Sabha, Tileshwar Kudmi participated in the Rimi Jhimi event and announced to present felicitation letters from the committee to all the artistes who performed songs.

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