Dulpod
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Dulpod is a Goan
dance song with quick rhythm and themes from everyday Goan life. The plural of dulpod in Konkani
is dulpodam. The dulpod is a folk song, anonymous, freely improvised, and sometimes lacking in thematic unity. The tunes of the dulpod are usually in the six-eight measure, though the two-fourths are not uncommon. The dulpod is usually sung in sequence with a mando
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Farar-far zatai ranantu is one of the best known dulpods, a masterpiece of its genre. The composer sings: “The white soldiers are shooting at the Rane. The Rane are shooting at the white soldiers.” Of late, the dulpod Ya, ya, maya ya is often sung at the end of a sequence of mandos and dulpods.
Some other dulpods are:
Other famous dulpods are:
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
dance song with quick rhythm and themes from everyday Goan life. The plural of dulpod in Konkani
Konkani language
KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...
is dulpodam. The dulpod is a folk song, anonymous, freely improvised, and sometimes lacking in thematic unity. The tunes of the dulpod are usually in the six-eight measure, though the two-fourths are not uncommon. The dulpod is usually sung in sequence with a mando
Mando
Mando refers to:*Mando , a Greek singer*Mando , a Goan musical form*Mando Diao, Swedish garage rock band.*Mando Corporation, a Korean automotive parts manufacturer...
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Farar-far zatai ranantu is one of the best known dulpods, a masterpiece of its genre. The composer sings: “The white soldiers are shooting at the Rane. The Rane are shooting at the white soldiers.” Of late, the dulpod Ya, ya, maya ya is often sung at the end of a sequence of mandos and dulpods.
Some other dulpods are:
| Cecila | |
|---|---|
| Konkani lyrics | Translation |
| First stanza | |
Cecilia mhojem nanv. Cheddvam bhitor cheddum kuriso hanv. |
Cecilia is my name. Of all I'm the smartest dame. |
| Repeat | |
| Second stanza | |
Tum kurioso zaleari, Mughê matxi judi talhar kor. |
If you are indeed so smart, My coat to fit me do cut. |
| Repeat | |
| Third Stanza | |
Tughê judi talhar korunk? Irmanv mhughê bhurgi nhõi mot. |
Should I cut to suit your coat? O big brother, childish I am not! |
| Repeat | |
| Fourth Stanza | |
Sinalako ditam peru. Cecilia você quer ou não quero? |
A guava as an advance I give you. Cecilia, don't you want or do you? |
| Repeat | |
| Fifth Stanza | |
Mhaka naka tujem peru. Dileam puro mogachem uttoro. |
Your guava indeed I do not desire. Your promise of love is all I require. |
| Repeat | |
Cecilia mhojem nanv. |
Cecilia is my name. |
| Source: Dulpod taken from the Greatest Konkani Song Hits Vol. 1 (2009) | |
Other famous dulpods are:
- Ai lia lia lo
- Amani gamani
- Banalichea Monti sokolo
- Moddganvam thouiager
- Sant Antoninchea Dongrar
- Tollem sukolem
- Undir mhojea mama
- Vhoir, vhoir, vhoir kattakoi
- Ya, ya, maya ya
See also
- DeknniDeknniDekhṇi is a semi classical Goan dance form. The plural of dekṇi in Konkani remains the same.One of the most famous Deknni songs is Hanv Saiba Poltodi Vetam by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira first published in Paris in 1895 and then in Goa in 1926...
- MandoMandoMando refers to:*Mando , a Greek singer*Mando , a Goan musical form*Mando Diao, Swedish garage rock band.*Mando Corporation, a Korean automotive parts manufacturer...
- FugdiFugdiFugdi is a Goan folk dance performed by the women in the Konkan region during Hindu religious festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi and Vrata or towards the end of other dances like Dhalo.-Traditional Roots:...
- Collection of Dulpods