Sua (Folk music)

Sua folkmusic is a dance song of Gond women of Chhattisgarh state. It is a song sung by women on the festival of Deepawali. Sua means 'parrot'. Sua is a bird that speaks rote things. In this folklore, women sing songs conveying messages through parrots. Through this song, women express their heart's feelings with the belief that Sua (the parrot) will convey the agony of their heart to their lover. Therefore, it is sometimes called the 'Viyog' song.This folk song is sung with great enthusiasm at the time of paddy harvesting. In this, the marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati is celebrated, making earthen Gaura-Gauri and moving around it and singing sua songs and making sua dance. In some places, this song is sung by making earthen Sua (parrot). It starts a few days before Divali and ends with the marriage of Shiva-Parvati (Gaura-Gauri) on Diwali. This is considered to be the adherent song. This song, sung for years, is oral. In the song Sua, women place a sua, that is, a parrot statue, over a paddy filled with bamboo baskets and dance around them in a circular position. There are two idols of parrot in a basket filled with paddy. Women sing the Sua song by addressing them. The girl holding the basket on her head is called Suggi. Sua dance is usually initiated in the evening. Women gather at a certain place in the village where this basket is covered with red cloth. After lifting the basket in the head, one of the women of the party walks and puts it in the middle of the courtyard of the farmers' house. The women of the party are round about him. The cloth is removed from the basket and the lamp is lit and danced. In Chhattisgarh, no musical instrument is used in this song dance. The song is sung by women in applause. In some villages, women keep a wooden block in their hands to intensify the tone.[1] [2]