Dāk Vachan

Jha, Sadan

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“…Similar to other folklore expressions, proverbs is an integral part of the cultural landscape. In this case, proverbs can be considered as an embedded field of knowledge (Jha, 2014).…”

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Banyumas Proverbs as the Reflection of its Local Wisdom

Nugroho¹,

Riyanton²,

Kariadi³

2019

Proceedings of the Proceedings of First International Conference on Culture, Education, Linguistics and Literature, CELL 2019,

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This research aimed at describing and analyzing the value of local wisdom in Javanese culture contained in Banyumas proverbs. This research was classified into a descriptive qualitative study with ethno-linguistic research approach as the information was carefully described and well analyzed. This research employed a single case study specifically conducted on one characteristic and one target (subject), that is, proverbs in Banyumas Regency. The research data were collected from several informants, and documents using direct participatory observation, interviews, and document analysis using purposive sampling technique. The results of the study showed that Javanese proverbs reflecting behaviors symbolized by the puppet character of Bawor include patient in accepting fate (sabar, nerima), noble (ksatria), agile (cekatan), and frankly speaking (cablaka).

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“…Similar to other folklore expressions, proverbs is an integral part of the cultural landscape. In this case, proverbs can be considered as an embedded field of knowledge (Jha, 2014).…”

Section: Results and Discusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Banyumas Proverbs as the Reflection of its Local Wisdom

Nugroho¹,

Riyanton²,

Kariadi³

2019

Proceedings of the Proceedings of First International Conference on Culture, Education, Linguistics and Literature, CELL 2019,

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“…The first Maithili collection in print came as Dāk Vachanāmrita in three volumes printed by Kanhaiyalal Krishnadas Rameswar Press, Darbhanga, Bihar in 1905. 40 It was compiled by Pundit Kapileswar Jha. It has been argued by Jivanand Thakur that due to editorial lapses and laziness the influence of Hindi remains disturbing in Kapileswar Jha's compilation.…”

Section: Sāvan Ghodi Bhādon Gāy Māgh Mās Jo Bhains Biyāy Kahain Ghāgmentioning

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Dāk Vachan

Jha¹

2014

History and Sociology of South Asia

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Looking at a corpus of proverbs (folk sayings) known as Dāk vachan this article explores the ways in which these sayings constitute a field of knowledge production in contemporary Mithila (north Bihar) revealing claims along the trajectories of caste, gender and historical lineages. Addressed to different aspects of agrarian life, presence of these sayings in the Maithil agrarian society also suggests a complicated and contested relation between modern and nonmodern practices of time in general and agrarian environment in particular. This study makes it imperative to take an account of not merely how people conserve their environment through religious and non-scientific idioms (Gold and Gujar) but also the manner in which the discourse on the non-modern knowledge has been fraught along caste lines. Focused on Dāk vachan, an attempt has been made to understand the process, in and through which colonial-modern knowledge, caste politics and multiple worlds of proverbial wisdom intersect with each other. Engaging with both published literature as well as responses coming from the field, the study aspires to make sense of the self of an ethnographer in the manner in which these sayings come to him both through the written sources as well as from the field. Finally, this article is about deconstructing the middle class perception of the domain of the 'folk' in this region.

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‘Fractured’ Peasantry in Colonial Bihar in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Reflections and Responses

Preeti

2023

Indian Historical Review

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This article is an attempt at scrutinising the rural and agrarian structure through a caste framework in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Bihar, a period when Bihar was undergoing economic, environmental, social and political changes owing to colonial intervention. This article will highlight these everyday negotiations, forgotten struggles and exclusions that were carried on against the background of the importation of western science and technology, changing laws and encroachment on common lands. An intrinsic mechanism was used during the changing times to keep the hierarchical structure alive. Nevertheless, it led to springing up of various kisan sabhas, which aimed at voicing the opinions of the marginalised peasantry. New set of sources will capture different shades of peasant identities and a vast multitude of peasant politics that range from reformist to radical. When the oppression became unbearable, the peasants took agency and strived for collective action, mostly violent in nature. This work will bring to the fore case studies of rural ferment towards this order by low-caste and class peasants. This article will also elaborate on the reasons behind the survival of feudal relations of power juxtaposed over ‘modern’ structures.

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Dāk Vachan

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Banyumas Proverbs as the Reflection of its Local Wisdom

Banyumas Proverbs as the Reflection of its Local Wisdom

Dāk Vachan

‘Fractured’ Peasantry in Colonial Bihar in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Reflections and Responses

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