Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #38103 by Kalamnuri women
(Auradkar Urmila collection)

Village: १८ गावे - 18 villages

H:XXI-5.3ei (H21-05-03e01) - Ambedkar / Takes a second wife / Singers’ resentment / Bhīm ought not to bring in a co-wife

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कळमनुरी बाया
(औरादकर उर्मिला संकलन) - Kalamnuri women
(Auradkar Urmila collection)

रमाबाई कुकु लेवता अस नागेलीच पान
भीम तुला माझी आन नका करु बामनीन
ramābāī kuku lēvatā asa nāgēlīca pāna
bhīma tulā mājhī āna nakā karu bāmanīna

✎ Rama puts kunku*, she is like a betel nut leaf
I request you, Bhim* please do not marry a Brahmin* lady
▷ Ramabai kunku (लेवता)(अस)(नागेलीच)(पान)
▷ Bhim to_you my (आन)(नका)(करु)(बामनीन)

Ramābāī met son kumku, tel une feuille de bétel
Bhīm, c'est ma requête, ne prends pas d'épouse Bāmaṇ.

kunku	A red spot applied on the forehead by married women whose husband is alive as a mark of good fortune. This powder is also applied to God as a part of worship. It is prepared from turmeric, lemon juice, alum etc.
Bhim	A name given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Brahmin ➡ Brahmins	In the songs, this word often refers to prestigious people from the village and not to the caste

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Bhīm ought not to bring in a co-wife

Project ♪♪ सांगते बाई तुला - Sāṅgatē bāī tulā - I tell you woman! ♪♪

Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #38103 by Kalamnuri women(Auradkar Urmila collection)

H:XXI-5.3ei (H21-05-03e01) - Ambedkar / Takes a second wife / Singers’ resentment / Bhīm ought not to bring in a co-wife

Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #38103 by Kalamnuri women
(Auradkar Urmila collection)