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Some Popular Himachali , Pahari and Gaddi Songs

Here are some himachali gaddi folk songs .

1. Ek Chidu Aisa Ho
2. Uchi Chila  Te Dyaara
3. Meri Reshma
4. Chambe Re Chugana
5. Rut Sangrodi
6. Mayo chamba nhin Bhulda
7. Ghade Chukiye Chal Padiye
8. Suna Ho Loko Dila Di
9. Mein Gadretti
10.Amma Bapu Kiya
11. Appe Bhale Aai
12.Bansuri Bajanda
13.Mahak Mati Ki Sunil Rana
14.Bhedaliyan Charandi Pano
15.Chail Dya Banglu
16.Dholi so mera Buddha
17.Dunge Naolo Ra (Mandyali song )
18.Ek Jind Meri Duyi Teri Ho
19.Gaddi Chokra
20.Ho Sumitra
21.Jutu Re Julare
22.Kangre Di Gori
23.Lal Lal Ho Kamlo
24.Mandyali Geet
25.Meri Neelma
26.Minjra Laguri
27.Neelma Dolma
28.Rohru Jaana
29.Mere Mandi
30.Tijo Peeche
31.Kaccha Chadiya
32.Jote Paiyura
33. Tusa Kadon Auna
34.Hun Voh Katai Jo
35.Laal Tera Saafa ho
36.Mere Dhola Ri Dhola
37.Meri Eshro
38.Occhdiye Gadretiye
39.Pangi Re Desha
40 Ram Kanne Lakshman
41.Aya Voh Lahlariya
42.Te Mohi Acchriye
43.Uchyaan Kailasha
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Himachali Gaddi Community songs

List of Some Gaddi Community Songs
1. Ak Baazi layee.
2.Ak Chidu Aisa ho Album Sab bharmoriya 
3.  Ak Kumbadi
4. Bahi Tah Bhari Album Sabo Bharmoriya
5.Bhagsuye Di dhara
6.Bhedan Taan
6.Bholeya Voh Saamiyan
7.Chetti Chetti Aaja Mere Dhol
8.Dhud Vo Pud Bajanda
9.Ghar Tere
10.Gudak Chamak
11.He Mere Rama
12.He Mere Rama Thandi Thaari
13.Lal Chidiye
14.Le Voh Swami
15.Lutt Puttnua
16.Mer bhauye Jo
17.Mere Gaddiya
18.Mere Laal bhora Ho
19.Meriyo Pipaliyo
20.Mu bhi jaana Thande bharmour ho
21.Nilma nonstop 24 minutes
22.Nimmo Heai
23.Pangi Pakki
24.Pehla Vo Ta Perha Gaura
25.Punj Bhare O
26.Sanja Re Baji Ge Panj
27.Sunni Bhunku
28.Chambe Dea Bhatt
29.Yudh Lagdhe
 

Shivji bihane chale

Recall the old song describing the marriage of Lord Shiva: Shivji bihane chale, palaki sajayi ke, babhuti lagai ke… Well, something of that order is still practiced in the hills of Himachal Pradesh. Inspired by the most celebrated couple of Hindu mythology, the love saga of Shiv-Parvati forms a part and parcel of the marriages in the Gaddi community, popular as ‘Shiv Vivahs’.

Welcome to Kangra-Bharmour, where lines between mythology and traditions get blurred and marriage becomes an elaborate affair. Whenever there is a marriage, the groom has to take a matrimonial test, wherein he takes the guise of Lord Shiva by rubbing ash all over his body.

His sisters, brothers and sister-in-laws try to convince him by highlighting the benefits of a marriage so that he gives up his ascetic lifestyle he plans to lead like that of Lord Shiva.“The boy says that he am a yogi, who lives in the Himalyas and cannot get married. His family and relatives beat him with plants even as he makes circles in the backyard. The third round is the most crucial. If the spirit of lord Shiva persists, the boys runs to a Shiv temple, choosing to become a jogi and it is believed that Shiv’s will has taken over him,” says Joginder Charak, a resident of Nagri in Palampur.

This year itself, there were reports of two such cases _ in Jia and Khamiwal _ where the would-be-grooms fled from the ceremony, rejecting the institution of marriage. If the comes out of Shivji’s ‘awe’ he gets ready to take a barat to the girl’s house and the marriage is officially on. If due to any eventuality, the groom is unable to accompany the barat, a katara (sharp-edged weapon) is sent as his representative and the bride takes pheras with it and stays with it till she is handed over to the groom, says Kul Prakash, a resident of Chamba district.

“For the gaddi community, Shiv-Parvati are the ideal couple personified and that is why the entire marriage ceremony is performed the way Lord Shiva is known to have gone about his marriage in the Vedas,’ he adds. In the olden times the marriage used to go on for days and the baraat is served with meat and hooch. There was also a practice to marry off two sisters on the same day. But with life becoming much faster, many practices have been done away with. “Earlier, the boy and girls were married in their teens and the marriage ceremony was virtually performed all over again when they were brought together on attaining adulthood. But this has stopped now,’ adds M.R.Dalel, a resident of Bharmour.

When the barat finally comes back, a ‘nuwala’, Lord Shiva’s worship is organised by the groom’s family and relatives and friends converge to have another round of festivities. A large section of the gaddi community continue to be deep rooted in their age-old traditions and this form of elaborate ‘Shiv Vivah’ or ‘Gaddi Vivah’ is still prevalent in district Kangra and Chamba, especially bharmour, Banikhet, Tisa and Dalhousie.

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