International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 9(2), pp. 57-60, March 2021

 ISSN: 2360-7831

DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2021.065

 

Review paper

 

Abstract

 

Music has always been a part of the Naga culture and tradition. Prior to the advent of Christianity folksongs were part of their day to day life. The folksongs of the Nagas are mostly about their social, religious, cultural, and everyday life. The S�mi Nagas in particular have varieties of folksongs which include agricultural songs, love songs, war songs, hunting songs, lullabies, orphans� songs etc. With the coming of the Britishers the traditional folksongs were replaced by western Christian music and gospel songs. The Naga traditional musical instruments like the Bamboo Mouth-Organ, the Cup Violin, the Bamboo Flute, and the Trumpet were replaced by western musical instruments like Piano, Guitar, and Violin etc. This paper aims to understand the folksong of the S�mi Nagas in the light of colonialism and examine S�mi Naga folksongs as the representation of their history.

 

Keywords: Folksong, history, identity, colonialism, postcolonialism, culture
 

Cite This Article As: Assumi, I.(2021). Mirroring Post Colonialism through S�mi Folksongs. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 9(2):57-60