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 Sindhi
civilisation is among the most ancient
civilisation. Mohan- Jo - Daro, the base of
modern civilisation is the typical and most
significant monument of sindhi culture and
life style on. It is fact that any thing
written related to the history of Sindhis can
be treated as incomplete without the mention
of "Sachal" "Swami" "Shah" and "Bhagat
Kanwar Ram", but as this
article is limited to the most recent times
i.e. the era after 1947, hence we will not
discuss this prestigious & glorious past.
1947
has not only divided one Nation and Life style
into two countries namely India and Pakistan,
but also made the sindhi community base less.
Sindhi Civilisation, Culture, Customs &
Traditions are on the verge of dying. In the
year 1947 Sindhis were forced to leave "Sindh"
- the land of saints and sufies, the land of
Lal Uderolal - Jhulelal. Along with
other Hindus, Sindhis also migrated to India.
At that time, in India native Sindhis were
very less in number and without any state like
the other Hindu communities. Neither our
leaders at that time nor the government of
India bothered about accommodating sindhi
migrants at a single particular place and
instead of allotting a particular state to
Sindhis, Government authorities used military
bariks and undeveloped areas for the purpose,
hence we Sindhis not only become state less
but also a scattered community. The natural
result of this phenomena is that in the whole
country only one city, Ulhasnagar [Sindhunagar]
near the Mumbai, has majority population of
sindhi community. A community without the
State or Nation is just as a tree without
roots. Roots are most essential for keeping
the tree green, a tree without roots is sure
to die with time. The same is happening with
sindhi community, slowly and gradually our
meaningful rich traditions, customs and Sindhi
folk arts are vanishing from our life. Our
present generation might seldom recognize :
BHAGAT :
A session of devotional songs and music with
the dance, performed by at least two persons
[1] Singer & Musician [Narrator] [2] Dancer &
Singer or only Dancer [Performer]. Many times
the conversation between them help to develop
the story or to carry forward the story.
Usually a
Bhagat group is composed of 4 to 7 seven
persons. Bhagat Kanwar Ram's [ Who started
this way of God Worship] group was consists of
11 persons, including 4 musicians[ 2 Sarangi
Player, 1 Tabala Player & 1 Dholak Player].
Bhagat Sahib himself along with others tie-up
Ghungharoo on ankle and start the bhagat it is
said that a normal session of his bhagat lost
for at least 4 to 6 hours. In India
Prof.
Ram Panjwani was most famous
Bhagat. He has given new dimensions to sindhi
folk music of Bhagat by using "Matki"
earthen pot. In the very recent past Shri
Dilipkumar & Shri Gordhandas of Balak
Mandali Katani have started the mini concept
of Bhagat though presently they have turned
them self into story narrator and singer.
 CHHEJ
: The traditional group dance of Sindhis,
which is not a integral part of our present
social life and community functions. Chej is
type of group dance it was some what similar
like the Garba dance of Gujrat , the main and
distinctive difference is that in chej one
dancer, can dance with all other dancers and
that too in different positions like seating
or laying on the ground.
LADA :
Our traditional
way of announcing the start of functions
related to marriage, still exists in quite a
places but are losing popularity against rock
& DJ parties. God has gifted sindhi community
with tremendous talent and intelligence, we
have to utilize all this to use the roots of
other trees and keep our community enriched
with our meaningful customs and traditions. |
