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The Gurjar (or Gujjar, Gujar, Gurjara [1]) are an Indo-Aryan [2] [3] agricultural [4] ethnic community, residing mainly in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, [5] divided internally into various clan groups. [5] They were traditionally involved in agriculture, pastoral and nomadic [6] [7] [8] activities and formed a large heterogeneous group. [9]
According to one school of thought, Gurjara was the name of the territory (see Gurjara-desha) originally ruled by the Pratiharas; gradually, the term came to denote the people of this territory. An opposing theory is that Gurjara was the name of the tribe to which the dynasty belonged, and Pratihara was a clan of this tribe. [1]
Laur, (also spelled) Lava, Lavi or Lor is a major clan of the Gurjar ethnic community of northern India.. Gujjars are divided into two groups in Gujarat and Rajasthan: the Khari and the Laur (or Lava).
Gurjars or Gujjars, a tribe in South Asia, are divided in a large number of clans. They have as many as 1178 clans. [1] Awana. Baisla. Baniya. Bagri. Bhadana. Bajjar.
Bangladesh. Nepal. The Gurjara-Pratihara was a dynasty that ruled much of Northern India from the mid-8th to the 11th century. They ruled first at Ujjain and later at Kannauj . The Gurjara-Pratiharas were instrumental in containing Arab armies moving east of the Indus River. [5]
Gujarati folk music consists of a wide variety. Marila dhol de bagar maro ichh led de, a devotional song type poetry are categorized by theme of poetry/lyrics and by musical compositions such as Prabhati, Katari, Dhol etc. The Barot, Charan and Gadhvi communities has preserved and enriched the folk tradition of story telling with or without music.
Genjer-Genjer is an Osing language folk song from East Java, Indonesia, written and composed by musician Muhammad Arief. The song was written as a description of the condition of the people of Banyuwangi during the Japanese occupation period. The song focuses on the struggle of the peasants, who were forced to eat the genjer plant ( Limnocharis ...