Daijiworld Media Network – Karkala (MS)
Karkala, Jun 24: As the monsoon starts showering in the coastal districts, Pardana, folk songs sung by agricultural labourers, start filling the air in the paddy fields. In the taluk, the agriculturists have started planting the saplings.
Pardana songs are believed to be passed on from generation to generation and not written. It is a kind of oral literature that is sung dedicatedly by both men and women who are engaged in agricultural work. While the men sing ‘Ural’ while tilling the land, women sing Sandi, Kabite and Pardana while planting the saplings or removing the harvest.
These pictures are shot by Ram Ajekaru and Arun Bhat of the agricultural labourers engaged in paddy fieldwork in the limits of the taluk.