Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #39373 by Kathawte Harana

Village: चितळी - Chitali

A:I-1.7ex (A01-01-07e10) - Sītā / Sītā departs towards vanavās / Dialogue of Sītā escort / Sītā’s message to washer woman

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काथवटे हरणा - Kathawte Harana

सिता गेली वनवासा सांगून गेली धोबीणीला
रामाचं धोतर वाळू घाल लिंबोणीला
sitā gēlī vanavāsā sāṅgūna gēlī dhōbīṇīlā
rāmācaṇa dhōtara vāḷū ghāla limbōṇīlā

✎ Sita went to the forest in exile, she gave a message to the washerwoman
To hang Ram’s dhotar* for drying on the Neem tree
▷ Sita went vanavas (सांगून) went (धोबीणीला)
▷ (रामाचं)(धोतर)(वाळू)(घाल)(लिंबोणीला)

pas de traduction en français

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.

Cross references for this song:

H:XXI-5.2n (H21-05-02n) - Ambedkar / Ramābāī, the first wife / Ramā’s death
H:XXI-5.5 (H21-05-05) - Ambedkar / Comes to meet me

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Sītā’s message to washer woman

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

Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #39373 by Kathawte Harana

A:I-1.7ex (A01-01-07e10) - Sītā / Sītā departs towards vanavās / Dialogue of Sītā escort / Sītā’s message to washer woman