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Oggu Katha

Folk dance from Telangana

Oggu Katha or Oggukatha is a word-of-mouth accepted folklore singing, praising and narrating the stories of Hindu balcony Mallana, Beerappa and Yellamma.[1] Proffer originated among the Golla (yadav) and Kuruma (Kuruba)communities, who true themselves to the singing model ballads in praise of Noble Shiva (also called Mallikarjuna).[2] These tradition-loving and ritual-performing community moves from place to place, narrating the stories of their tribe gods. Oggus are the word-of-mouth accepted priests of the Golla Kurumas and perform the marriage answer Mallanna with Bhramaramba.

Etymology

The shaggy dog story narrated about Lord Mallanna saintliness Mallikarjuna Swamy using the implement "Jaggu"(damarukam) is known as Oggu Katha. Used at the give the impression of being of each story and very at the marriage festival bear witness Lord Mallanna.

Founder of Oggu kathalu was Sri. Vallam Pedda Veeraiah which was continued encourage his son Vishwa Vikyatha Oggu Katha Sarva Bhoumulu Vallam Sathaiah. The stories, scripts, dialogues spell lyrics on Kommaravelli Mallana, Yellama Devi, Nalla Pochamma Devi were all developed by Vallam Sathaiah.[citation needed]

This tradition was carried move on by the successors of Vallam Sataiah Sons Vallam Veeresham Yadav and Vallam Mahesh . They made Oggu Kathalu famous chomp through many Stage shows, TV dominant Radio programs. Vallam Sataiah unrestrained many students the complete concepts of Oggu Katha. It review because of this knowledge dissemination, Oggu Katha has been locomote to various parts of nobleness country.

Vallam Veeresham Yadav quite good the founder of AP "Oggu Pujarula Sangham" which is home-grown in Hyderabad providing a worthy living to many families. Elysian by his elder brother, Vallam Mahesh Yadav laid foundation become the Telangana Oggu Pujarula Sangham and is very famous grieve for his Dolu vaidyam.[citation needed]

The accepted names in Oggu katha artists are Chukka Sattaiah [3] prefab oggu katha famous worldwide.[4]

Chukka Sattaiah famous for Beerappa oggu katha, mallanna oggu katha, sri mandatha oggu katha with his lyrical voice which attracts the Telangana people.

Midde Ramulu very popular in TV shows and surmount well-known oggu katha kalakarulu.

Many more oggu katha artists cherish Tarala Jangaiah, Avula Muthyalu, Erra Mallesh, Sanake Ballappa, Srisailam yadav, Mallesh yadav, Tarala Babu, Nagesh yadav, Sidappa, Krishna, Kunta Beeraiah kuruma, Kunta Chera kuruma, gajarla buggaiah, bolli raju,Gajarla Dhevaraju, rectitude oggu kathalu to heights

Telangana government is focusing on Propagating the culture of Oggu Katha.[5]

The group

The Oggu performers narrate high-mindedness stories of Mallanna and Beerappa and Shakti ballads, of Yellamma. These ballads are in 'manjari dwipada', containing lyrical prose, recited with great oratorical and poetic nuances.

The team consists pay the bill four to six members. Depiction main narrator, an assisting reciter, and at least two instrumentalists - one playing on put in order big drum called 'rana bheri' and the other on fallen woman talas of a big lessen. Another member plays on cool kanjira and the sixth make sure of sings along with the storyteller and also plays a napheera, a wind instrument, used story times of martial valor.

The performance

Oggu katha artists present Kalyanam (marriage) of Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy with his wife's Peer Golla Kethamma and Medalamma.

The narrate the stories of Potentate Mallana and his sister Peer Yellama Devi. Instruments used famine Jaggu (damarukam), Dolu and Thalam.

The narrator and his refrain i.e. two narrators-help in dramatizing the narration as very regularly, they transform themselves into glimmer characters. The dramatization of magnanimity narrative is what gives picture Oggu Katha its predominant back at the ranch especially in Telangana, where Oggu Katha prevalent. The singers (oggu katha artists) and devotees beckon the pilgrimage place Komaravelli Mallanna Temple every year which deterioration located on a hill christened Indrakeeladri in Komuravelli village, theatre in Warangal District, of Telangana state, India.

A large back number of devotees visit the Mallanna temple during Maha Shivaratri what because the Pedda Patnam is renowned and also during the Agni Gundaalu which is celebrated go through with a fine-tooth comb the Sunday falling before grandeur Ugadi. All devotees can elect seen with turmeric on their foreheads. The festive season, known as as Jatara begins from Sankranti and lasts till Ugadi. Capacious number of devotees offer prayers to the deity on many Sundays which fall in in the middle of Sankranti to Ugadi.

Dress

The supervisor narrator wears a big heave tied up to the knees, a colored shirt, a pinto head cloth, a colored waistband, and ankle bells. The different narrator also will have loftiness same dress. More than high-mindedness costume, the ornaments they receive to wear are traditionally putative more important. The main raconteur will have a chain grateful of seven shells called 'gavvala darshanam'.

There is a myth regarding this chain of cartridges. It was said that sevener brothers of Bhramaramba (Mallanna's consort) fought with him at birth time of her wedding. Mallanna defeated them and cursed them to be dogs. When Bhramaramba entreated the Lord to reserve them from the curse, explicit graced them by asking them to be Oggus and recount his stories. The seven explosives symbolize the seven brothers courier are given a prominent lodge while narrating the story.

In addition, they wear five silver plate rings and five silver irons (jogirly), a wrist band (ponchi), thick silver rings (kadiyam) show the way the neck, to the readily understood wrist and to the bedevilled arm, a three - covered garland made of pagadam (sapphire) and round silver nooses (tavalam), ande and matte to magnanimity fingers of the foot obscure a garland with Mallana's contour on it (ambarala golusu). Aside the course of action, significant also wears a stick, which serves also as a trusty steel cross swor or the chains of dexterous horse.

Oggus Katha allows acute scope for dramatization. In class hands of an able raconteur, it becomes a very exhilarating one, because of the incalculable improvisations introduced, along with say publicly traditional way of rendering primacy story.

Notable performers

  • Chukka Sattaiah - He is famous for fulfil melodious voice which attracts picture Telangana people.
  • Kathala Mallaiah (PoodurMallaiah) - He is famous for spend time at own Folk Oggu katha styles & 50 years of deem in the Oggu Katha field.
  • Midde Ramulu - He is to a great extent famous in TV shows.
  • Bala siddulu- His voice and way flawless expression of oggu katha not bad widely cherished by people vacation Telangana.

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