Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #20135 by Mapari Sita

Village: बार्पे - Barpe
Hamlet: मापारी - Mapari

D:X-3.1h (D10-03-01h) - Mother attached to son / Mother praising son’s demeanour / He is righteous

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मापारी सीता - Mapari Sita

चांगुल ग तुझपण वाण्या बाभणाच्या चढी
बाळायाच्या माझ्या धू धोतर घाल घडी
cāṅgula ga tujhapaṇa vāṇyā bābhaṇācyā caḍhī
bāḷāyācyā mājhyā dhū dhōtara ghāla ghaḍī

✎ Your righteousness, you are better than brahmans and higher castes
I wash my son’s dhotar* and fold it nicely
▷ (चांगुल) * (तुझपण)(वाण्या)(बाभणाच्या)(चढी)
▷ (बाळायाच्या) my (धू)(धोतर)(घाल)(घडी)

Pli de sari

dhotar ➡ dhotars

When the singer says that she goes to her village with dhotar, it means that she is just carrying a cloth to bring things from maher (a married woman’s parental home). Similarly, she sometimes means that she is carrying a stole.

Sections of semantic classes:

He is righteous

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Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #20135 by Mapari Sita

D:X-3.1h (D10-03-01h) - Mother attached to son / Mother praising son’s demeanour / He is righteous