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<p>5.198.10.236: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Culture of Bengal}}<br /> '''Tarja''' (তর্জা) is a form of folk poetry contest from [[Bengal]] with a long tradition. Historically it used to be performed in the village gathering around a [[chandimandap]] or altar for village god, [[mela]] and other social events, in streets, and marketplace religious festivals. The themes of the contest are usually taken from [[Ramayana]], [[Mahabharata]] or [[Puranas]] the poets sings his/her part in the form of [[doggerels]] and the other participant has to guess the meaning of it. During the rising [[bhadralok]] population of the [[Bengal renaissance]] many of these clubs as well as jhumur clubs had been destroyed &lt;ref name=History&gt;''Recasting Women:Essays in Colonial History'', Kumkum Sangari et al. , page 157&lt;/ref&gt; on the basis of its [[obscene]] content.<br /> <br /> An example of a tarja couplet will be like:&lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> Maagi minsheke chit kore fele diye buke diyechhe paa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Aar chokhta kare jhulur jhulur, mukhe neiko raa&lt;ref name=History/&gt;<br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt; <br /> <br /> This literally translates as &quot;the hussy has thrown the bloke flat on his back, with her foot on his chest/ wordless she stands glaring in anger&quot;.&lt;ref name=History/&gt; The answer to this puzzle will be the goddess [[Kali]] and the legend connected to her. The answerer to this will also sing out his/her answer in a poem made at that instant of time.<br /> <br /> == As an art form==<br /> The music grown out of this poetry contest has a particular flavour in it. It is also highly conntected to the other similar forms like [[jhumur]], [[tappa]] and has contributed to a degree to the music of [[Bengal]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Poetry movements]]<br /> [[Category:Bengali-language literature]]<br /> [[Category:Indian literary movements]]<br /> [[Category:Spoken word contests]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Folk poetry]]</div>

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