Fwa Bagha Re
"Fwa Bagha Re फ्वा बाघा रे" | |
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Song | |
Language | Garhwali |
Genre | Uttarakhandi, Folk, Instrumental |
Songwriter(s) | Surdas Jhaggi Ji |
Composer(s) | Chander Singh Rahi |
"Fwa Bagha Re" | |
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Single by Chander Singh Rahi | |
Label | Neelam Uttarakhandi |
Songwriter(s) | Surdas Jhaggi Ji |
Fwa Bagha Re (English: Fearless flying jump of the Tiger) is a Garhwali folk song in Garhwali language which was composed by Chander Singh Rahi and written by Surdas Jhaggi. This Garhwali song was composed, written and first performed in the early 1980s and was not very popular until 2019, when it was recreated Late Pappu Karki, Kalpana Chauhan and Sandeep Sonu after which it became the popular in whole India. This song is based on the several human killings done by a leopard in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.[1] These killings and incidents are all published in a book named "The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag" by Jim Corbett.
Composition[]
Chander Singh Rahi, the legendary Garhwali singer composed this song which was often recited and sung by a person named "Surdas Jhaggi" at Kotdwar Railway Station. It was sung on stage for the first time by Chander Singh Rahi at a video recording for th label "Neelam Uttarakhandi". It was not popular in the whole Uttarakhand and its popularity remained limited to a region of Garhwal until 2019. In 2019, when the song was recreated by Pappu Karki, Kalpana Chauhan and Sandeep Sonu, it became one of the all-time hits of Garhwali songs.[2]
Lyrics[]
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Background[]
This song was written and sung to describe the time when a tiger was active around the Lansdowne region of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. This tiger did several human killings and even created an environment of chaos and scare among the soldiers. This story can also be traced around 1920–25 when a man-eating leopard called Leopard of Rudraprayag was active in Garhwal and had reportedly killed around 125 people.[4]
References[]
- ^ Corbett, Jim (July 2016). The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag. ISBN 9788129141842.
- ^ "Fwa Bagha Re". Quora.com.[self-published]
- ^ "फ्वां बाघा रे / गढ़वाली". Lyrics Nona.
- ^ "Leopard of Rudraprayag". Rajyasameeksha.com.
- Culture of Uttarakhand