Ritual songs and folksongs of the Hindus of Surinam

Usharbudh Arya

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Acknowledgments Chapter one Introduction Delivery of the Songs Prosody and Rhyme Language The Musical Instruments The Songs and their Function The Literary Background Religion and Social Conditions Chapter two The Songs and Translations 1 Sohar i [Nieuw Nickerie, 1967] Wishes fulfilled through religious observances 2 Sohar ii [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] Śiva and Pārvatī 3 Sohar iii [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] Gaṅgā as the goddess of fertility thanksgiving to Gaṅgā 4 Sohar iv [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] Yaśodā offers her child to Devakī 5 Sohar v [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] (I) Pregnancy-inducing drug (II) An astrological forecast of Rāma's future (III) Against a woman's infertility 6 Sohar Ulārā i [ Paramaribo, 1962 ] Duties of some castes and professions 7 Sohar Ulārā ii [ Paramaribo, 1962 ] Celebrations at Kṛṣṇa's birth 8 Sohar Ulārā iii [ Kwatta, 1962 ] Sītā's lament 9 Sohar Ulārā iv [ Paramaribo, 1962 ] Anticipating the child's growth 10 Sohar Caṭnī [ van Drimmelanpolder, Nickerie, 1967 ] 11 Mūṛan i [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] The right conditions for the ceremony 12 Mūṛan ii [ Uitvlugt, 1962 ] 13 Janëū i [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] 14 Janëū ii [ Corentijnpolder, Nickerie , 1967] The wedding songs 15 Tilak [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] Fixing the marriage, the amount of Tilak gift and the dowry. 16 Telvān [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] 17 Mą̄dar-Pūjā [ Saramacca, 1962 ] 18 Maṭkor procession [ Clarapolder, Nickerie, 1962 ] The procession walking towards the Maṭkor spot 19 Maṭkor i [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] Worship of Rāma (as Śiva?) together with the earth (which is) Pārvatī 20 Maṭkor ii [ Nieuw Nickerie , 1967] Worship of Śiva and Pārvatī 21 Maṭkor iii [ Leiding 8A, 1962 ] Remembering the deities 22 Maṭkor iv [ Leiding 8A, 1962 ] Placing vermilion marks on the cauk remembering Gaurī and Gaṇeśa together with minor deities 23 Māṛo cauk i [ Saramacca, 1962 ] The cauk of the wedding canopy I 24 Māṛo cauk ii [ Uitvlugt, 1962 ] The cauk of the wedding canopy II 25 Silpohanā [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] Calling the spirits 26 Kalsā Goṭhāī [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] 27 Hardī and Cumāvan [ Leiding 8A, 1962 ] 28 Lāvā [ Livorno, 1962 ] Roasting the Lāvā 29 Imlī Ghǫṭāī [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] 30 Dressing the bridegroom [ Uitvlugt, 1962 ] 31 Barāts departure [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] Preparations of the wedding party (barāt) for departure to bride's home 32 Nechū [ Uitvlugt, 1962 ] 33 [ Uitvlugt, 1962 ] Welcoming the barāt 34 Parchan [ Paramaribo, 1962 ] General marriage songs I 35 [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] The qualifications of a girl in an arranged marriage 36 General marriage songs II [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] Śiva's marriage 37 [ Leiding 8A, 1962 ] Giving away the bride 38 Bhą̄var [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] 39 Sindūra-Dāna [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] (Gālī) 40 Kohbar [ Uitvlugt, 1962 ] 41 Khicṛī Gārī [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] 42 Vidāī and Gaunā [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] (The bride's farewell) 43 The arrival at bridegroom's home [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] The arrival at bridegroom's home 44 Kaṅgan-sirāī [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] Death songs 45 Nirgun [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] 46 Caubolā [ Party from Meerzorg, 1967 ] 47 Sargun [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] 48 Parātī [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] The annual cycle The songs of the Phagwā festival 49 Phagwā i [ Party from Meerzorg, 1967 ]> 50 Phagwā ii [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] Dhamār 51 Phagwā iii [ Party from Meerzorg, 1967 ] Cäitā 52 Phagwā iv [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] Rājpūtī 53 Phagwā v [ Nieuw Nickerie, van Drimmelanpolder, and party from Meerzorg, 1967 ] Kabir 54 Phagwā vi [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] Jogīṛā 55 Kajarī and Sāvan Kā Jhūlā [ Ansoe, 1967 ] The occasion for a woman's visit to her parental home 56 Kṛṣṇa's cradle [ Ansoe, 1962 ] 57 To gangā [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] As a fearsome force Other ritual songs 58 Gaṅgā Snāna [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] Call to Gaṅgā-Snāna 59 Marsiyā [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] 60 Jharrā [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] 61 Pacrā i [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] To Durgā 62 Pacrā ii [ Ansoe, 1967 ] To Pārvatī as Mahāmāyā 63 Pacrā iii [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] To pārvatī as Śītalā 64 Pacrā iv [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] To Ḍīh 65 Ṭonā (Incantations) [ The Hague in the Netherlands, 1966, Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] To brush off the effects of the evil eye from a person 66 Bhajan i [ The Hague in the Netherlands, 1966 ] 67 Bhajan ii [ Ansoe, 1962 ] On myths and legends 68 The romantic aspect of kṛṣṇa [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] 69 Conversation between Sītā and Mandodarī [ Ansoe, 1962 ] 70 On Bali and Viṣṇu in Vāmana incarnation [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] The caste songs and worksongs 71 i. Kųharavā (of the potters) [ Parapasi, 1967 ] On a religious theme 72 ii. Kaharavā (of the water-carriers) [ The Hague in the Netherlands, 1966 ] 73 iii. Dhobiyā Birahā [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] 74 iv. Bhāṭ (singer and dancer) seeking his payment [ Paramaribo, 1967 ] 75 The tattoo song [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] [Other songs] Titillās 76 Pisaunī [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] An unwanted pregnancy Titillā II 77 Pisaunī ii [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] The suicide of a maltreated daughter-in-law Titillā III 78 Ropanī and Nirā̈ī [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] Consequences of an incestuous suggestion 79 Birahās i [ The Hague in the Netherlands, party from Meerzorg, and Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] The definition of a Birahā 80 Birahās ii [ Various sources ] Some Sumirans 81 Birahās iii [ Paramaribo, 1962 ] The mother goddess in the drum 82 Birahās iv [ Saramacca, 1962 ] Competition; riddles: the year as a cow 83 Birahās v [Saramacca, 1962; party from Meerzorg, 1967] Alcārī: Kṛṣṇa as Rāma's guest 84 Birahās vi [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] Alcārī: the woman with a roving eye avoiding the Gaunā 85 Birahās vii [ Paramaribo, 1965 ] Alcārī: water as Kālī. a woman praying for her husband's death 86 Birahās viii [ Paramaribo, 1962 ] Alcārī: the penalties for a gambling husband 87 Birahās ix [ Livorno, 1962 ] Long Birahā: Jaṭāyu attempts to rescue Sītā 88 Birahās x [ Leiding 8A, 1962 ] Long Birahā: Kṛṣṇa's adventure into Pātāla; an Ahīr narrative 89 Birahās xi [ Various Sources ] Finale (Jācanī or Bisarjan) 90 Birahās xii [ Party from Meerzorg, 1967 ] Finale (introducing the composer) 91 Rasiyā [ Nieuw Nickerie, 1967 ] 92 Nakaṭā [ Paramaribo, 1962 ] 93 Ulārā (general) [ Paramaribo, 1962 ] 94 Caṭnī (general) [ Paramaribo, 1962 ] 95 Invitation [ Saramacca, 1962 ] Modern socio-political compositions I 96 Modern i [ Paramaribo, 1962 ] On India 97 Modern ii [ Paramaribo, 1967] 1. On Indian migrations because of caste oppressions 2. Reactions to Surinam 98 Modern iii [ Ansoe, 1967 ] On Surinam politics 99 Modern iv [ Ansoe, 1967 ] A Patriotic Birahā on Surinam geography 100 Modern v [ Ansoe, 1967 ] On Surinam Indian community (economic history) Bibliography [Indices] Word index Index of songs