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Hyderabad: If things go according to plan, the traditional Dholak ke Geet will be back at wedding ceremonies soon. Though women well-versed in these geet are much sought after, the tradition gradually faded away from weddings.

Dholak ke Geet is a form of song and lyric intoned to the beats of the dhol or drum. Hyderabadi Dholak ke Geet is a composition of folk songs in the Urdu Deccani dialect, usually performed at marriage ceremonies. It was an integral part of cultural and social life till about three decades ago. Rich and poor alike celebrated their happiness by engaging mirasans (professional women singers) to sing the geet. Women of all ages from young girls to the aged sang the geet all night at weddings and sometimes at public gatherings in small villages.

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Apart from wedding ceremonies women used to sing geets on the dholak at the time of pregnancy and childbirth, such as the gode bharai (ceremony performed when bride enters the seventh month of pregnancy), chatti (performed when newborn is six days old), aqeeqa (a Sunnah in which a goat is sacrificed on the birth of a child), and chilla (forty days after the birth of the baby). Most of the time, the female members of the family hosting the event joined the singers, sometimes all night long.

Ms Begum said the geet have no specific features nor do they deal with a particular subject. Rhythm and tune are very important and the language and wording of the geet are specific to an area. The first line of a geet is usually repeated at regular intervals.

Many prosperous families want the Dholak ke Geet to be performed at the time of weddings and other auspicious occasions, but there are very few women who can perform the geet. Due to lack of patronage, this folk art has almost died out.

"During those days around 18th century, the sufi saints, who wanted the women to avoid gossip about anyone, founded a version as 'Chakki Naama.' Women used to emphasise through songs the Islamic teachings given by the Sufi saints while grinding in mills. Later, this gradually became traditional songs, using dholak (drum) and they developed it as 'Dholak ke Geet' in Deccani region where they sing during engagements and marriages ceremonies, childbirth, festivals or other celebrations," said Sameena Begum, a researcher on 'Dholak ke Geet'.

Dholak ke Geet are songs that revolve mostly around the daily lives of people. Unlike ghazals or film songs, lok geet are not written by professionals. Women, while humming the songs, add line after line to continue the chain and the result is a complete song. Four singers will be performing about eight songs. e24fc04721