Tribal Dance and Songs, , S.G. Deogaonkar, , Shailaja S. Deogaonkar, Concept Publishing Company, 8180690105

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Tribal Dance and Songs

S.G. Deogaonkar (Author) Shailaja S. Deogaonkar (Author)

Synopsis The book Tribal Dance and Songs presents a panoramic view of the classical world of the performing arts and folk literature of tribals. It gives some details about the traditional tribal theatre and exposes the cultural contents of the songs which are composed and sung spontaneously on community level. The whole community participates in it. The book includes a study of four prominent tribes from Maharashtra and one nomadic tribe. These are the Gonds, Pardhans, Kolam, Korku and the Banjara. The aesthetic beauty of the tribal dances and sentiments contained in their songs give some idea of the tribal genre. Most of these have been studies by the authors while working among the tribes included in this book. The dependence of the tribal communities on Nature and their perception about the visible as well as invisible powers pervading Nature are also discernible in the folk-songs. The study shows an undercurrent of a unity of culture, not only amongst the tribes studies but between

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About the authors

S.G. Deogaonkar

S.G. Deogaonkar a retired Reader in Political Science, holding Master Degrees in Political Science and Public Administration and a Ph. D. degree in Social Science. He also holds an LL.M. degree in Constitutional Law. A scholar of repute, he has completed about ten post-doctoral research projects and has about fifteen books to his credit based on his research, mostly based on field-work. Dr. Deogaonkar specializes in Political Anthropology and Tribal Development. For the last fifteen years he was a Non-official Member in the Governing Council of the Tribal Research and Training Institute, Maharashtra State (Pune) and for ten years was Member of the Zonal Advisory Council for the Western Zone of the Life Insurance Corporation of India. Till recently, he was Member of the Expert Committee appointed by the Maharashtra State for re-verification of entries of Tribal communities in the State Governments Resolution of 1985. Some of his reputed books include, the Media of Bhamragad, The Korku Tribals, the Banjara, The Hill Korwa, Tribal Exploitations, Tribal Development Plans; etc.

Shailaja S. Deogaonkar

Dr (Mrs.) S.S. Deogaonkar holds a Masters degree in Language and a Ph. D. in Tribal Linguistics and Folk-literature. She has been teaching degree classes in Colleges affiliated to the Nagpur University on Contributory basis. She specializes in tribal linguistics and tribal folk-literature and was awarded Best Literature Award for the year 1990-91 by the Maharashtra State for her book on the Media dialect. She has collected and documented tribal folk-songs and folk-tales and has published many books in Marathi and English. She was a member of the State Level Committee on District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) and a Resource person for Training Programmes for Teachers working in tribal area organized by the State Council for Educational Research and Training.

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