{"id":8170,"date":"2018-09-22T03:44:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T03:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=8170"},"modified":"2018-09-26T03:57:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T03:57:17","slug":"call-me-by-my-tune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/call-me-by-my-tune\/","title":{"rendered":"Call Me By My Tune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Meghalaya\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u092e\u0947\u0918\u093e\u0932\u092f\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(<i>Meghalaya<\/i>) is a beautiful state in the northeastern region\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(<i>purvottar kshetra<\/i>) of India. This state is also home to the indigenous Khasi people known as one of the largest groups who follow a matrilineal\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u092e\u093e\u0924\u0943\u0935\u0902\u0936\u0940\u092f<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<i>matruvansheeya<\/i>) tradition\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u092a\u0930\u0902\u092a\u0930\u093e<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<i>parampara<\/i>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>A recent news item shed light on another unique tradition\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0905\u0928\u094b\u0916\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0925\u093e\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(<i>anokhee pratha<\/i>)\u00a0practiced by the Khasi people living in and around the remote Kongthong village\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<i>graam<\/i>) of beautiful Meghalaya.<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>Here, when a child is born\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>\u091c\u092c \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u00a0<\/b><\/span>(<i>jab bacche ka janm hota hai<\/i>), Khasi mothers compose a special melody\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937 \u0927\u0941\u0928<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<i>vishesh dhun<\/i>) for the child. This melody, which could include whistles\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0938\u0940\u091f\u0940<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<i>seetee<\/i>) and other melodies, is a short tune that is then associated with the child for a lifetime &#8212; like a name. Although the children are also named in the conventional method, the musical name is the one that reportedly endures as the mother composes it with great love for her child.<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>Kongthong and its surrounding\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0906\u0938\u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u0947<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<i>aaspaas ke<\/i>)\u00a0lush jungles still remain largely inaccessible to most of the world. However, reports suggest that cell phones and technology are slowly making their way in these remote regions. Will the beautiful melodic-name tradition survive the onslaught of cell phone ringtones and tunes? Only time will tell.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4RH7FGajwg0<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<span class=\"shortcode-highlight\"> <strong>VOCABULARY<\/strong><\/span><!--\/.shortcode-highlight-->\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u092e\u0947\u0918\u093e\u0932\u092f\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(<i>Meghalaya<\/i>)= a state in northeastern India; capital city is Shillong<\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(<i>purvottar kshetra<\/i>)=\u00a0\u00a0northeastern region<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u092e\u093e\u0924\u0943\u0935\u0902\u0936\u0940\u092f<\/span><\/b>(<i>matruvansheeya<\/i>)=\u00a0\u00a0matrilineal<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u092a\u0930\u0902\u092a\u0930\u093e\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(<i>parampara<\/i>)\u00a0=\u00a0\u00a0tradition<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0905\u0928\u094b\u0916\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0925\u093e\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(<i>anokhee pratha<\/i>)\u00a0=\u00a0\u00a0unique\/unusual practice<\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<i>graam<\/i>)\u00a0=\u00a0\u00a0village<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b>\u091c\u092c \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u00a0<\/b><\/span>(<i>jab bacche ka janm hota hai<\/i>)\u00a0=\u00a0\u00a0when a child is born<\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937 \u0927\u0941\u0928<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<i>vishesh dhun<\/i>)\u00a0=\u00a0\u00a0special tune\/melody<\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0938\u0940\u091f\u0940<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<i>seetee<\/i>)\u00a0=\u00a0\u00a0whistle<\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u0906\u0938\u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u0947<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<i>aaspaas ke<\/i>)\u00a0=\u00a0\u00a0surrounding\/nearby<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghalaya\u00a0\u092e\u0947\u0918\u093e\u0932\u092f\u00a0(Meghalaya) is a beautiful state in the northeastern region\u00a0\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930\u00a0(purvottar kshetra) of India. This state is also home to the indigenous Khasi people known as one of the largest groups who follow a matrilineal\u00a0\u092e\u093e\u0924\u0943\u0935\u0902\u0936\u0940\u092f\u00a0(matruvansheeya) tradition\u00a0\u092a\u0930\u0902\u092a\u0930\u093e\u00a0(parampara). A recent news item shed light on another unique tradition\u00a0\u0905\u0928\u094b\u0916\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0925\u093e\u00a0(anokhee pratha)\u00a0practiced by the Khasi people living in and around&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/call-me-by-my-tune\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[475966,5523,475961,475962,475960,274074,475964,475968,298626,475963,292952],"class_list":["post-8170","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-hindi-language","tag-chirrup","tag-hindi","tag-khasi","tag-matrilineal","tag-meghalaya","tag-melody","tag-singing-village","tag-tune","tag-tweet","tag-unique-tradition","tag-whistle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8170"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8183,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170\/revisions\/8183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}