Volume III, Issue I, September 2026
Volume-III, Issue-I, September, 2026 |
Received: 15.09.2026 | Accepted: 22.09.2026 | ||
Published Online: 30.09.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.3.issue.01W. | |||
আধুনিকতার ছায়ায় ঝাড়খণ্ডের ঝাঁপান ও সাখিগান-একটি নৃতাত্ত্বিক ও লোকসংস্কৃতিগত পর্যালোচনা
অমৃত মণ্ডল, গবেষক,
বাংলা বিভাগ, সোনা দেবী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, ঘাটশিলা, ঝাড়খণ্ড,
ভারত |
Jharkhand’s Jhapan and Sakhigan under the Shadow of
Modernity: An Anthropological and Folkloric Review Amrit Mandal, Research Scholar, Department of Bengali,
Sona Devi University, Ghatshila, Jharkhand, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
Jharkhand
possesses rich and diverse folk traditions that embody the collective memory,
ritual practices, social relationships, and cultural identities of its rural
and indigenous communities. Among these traditions, Jhanpan and Sakhi Gaan
occupy a distinctive place as performative expressions deeply embedded in local
socio-cultural and ritual contexts. However, rapid modernisation, urbanisation,
migration, technological expansion, and the growing dominance of popular and
digital entertainment have significantly transformed the traditional
environments in which these folk forms were created, performed, and
transmitted. This paper examines the cultural significance, changing forms, and
contemporary challenges of Jhanpan and Sakhi Gaan from anthropological and
folkloristic perspectives. Drawing upon ethnographic observation, field-based
interactions, oral narratives, and interviews with tradition bearers,
performers, and elderly community members, the study explores the relationship
between performance, community participation, ritual practice, oral
transmission, and collective identity. It pays particular attention to how
changing lifestyles, declining intergenerational transmission, migration,
commercialisation, and diminishing participation in traditional cultural
practices have gradually marginalised these forms. At the same time, the study
considers adaptation and cultural negotiation as important processes through
which folk traditions respond to changing social conditions. It argues that
Jhanpan and Sakhi Gaan should be understood not merely as forms of rural
entertainment but as repositories of indigenous knowledge, social memory,
cultural values, and community identity. The paper therefore emphasises
systematic documentation, audiovisual archiving, community-based preservation,
intergenerational transmission, and institutional support as essential measures
to safeguard and revitalise these vulnerable elements of Jharkhand’s intangible
cultural heritage.
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