Songs of Soil
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781636060767
Publisher: Harpercollins 360
Published: Aug 24 2020
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Padma Shri Haladhar Nag is a Poet-Singer-Kavi-Bard-Balladeer-Troubadour- Minstrel: all rolled into one. A living icon of the rich folk literary traditions of Sambalpuri-Koshali language and region, he has written more than a thousand poems including epic poems.
This book introduces the readers to the amazing poetry of the unschooled Bard by presenting a translation of ten of his signature poems: Ancient Banyan Tree (Dhado Bargach), Our Village Graveyard (Amar Gaanr Masan Pada), Kamdhenu (Kamdhenu), A Spring Morning (Chaitar Sakal), A Letter to Kavi Haladhar (Kabi Haladhar ke chithi), Feast (Bhuji), Remember (Bhabinia), A Squirrel (Guncha), Magshir (Magshiren), and Dasra Arrives (Aela Dasra).
Sambalpuri-Koshali region of Odisha has a population of more than 15 million and has a robust and dynamic folk culture.
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