Daroji Eramma | |
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Born | 1930 |
Died | 12 August 2014 | (aged 83–84)
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Burrakatha Eeramma |
Occupation(s) | Folk singer and performer |
Known for | Burra katha |
Daroji Eramma, popularly known as Burrakatha Eeramma (1930 – 12 August 2014) was a folk singer and performer of the Burrakatha, a folk art form of epic storytelling from South India. She was awarded several awards including the Rajyotsava Prashasti in 1999.
Eramma was born in 1930 in a family from the semi-nomadic Buduga Janagama community, a scheduled caste tribe. She learnt the Burrakatha from her father Lalappa as a young adolescent, and had taught this folk art form to the members of her family and community. [1]
Though illiterate, Eramma could perform twelve folk epics from memory, which amounts to 200,000 sentences and 7,000 pages in print. [2] These folk epics include Kumararama, Babbuli Nagireddi, Baala Nagamma, Jaisingaraaja Kavya and Bali Chakravarthi Kavya. [2]
Her performances often lasted for days, accompanied by her sister, Shivamma, and her sister-in-law, Parvathamma on percussion, while Eramma herself would play a stringed instrument with one hand and bells with the other. She had participated in the awareness campaigns on and polio vaccination. [2]
She died on 12 August 2014 at Bellary in Karnataka. Her last rites were performed at her native village Daroji in Sandur Taluka of Bellary district. [1]
Daroji Eramma received the Rajyotsava Prashasti in 1999 as well as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Award instituted by Government of Karnataka. [2] She was awarded the Sandesha Arts Award in 2003 for her contribution to arts and folklore. [3] The Department of Tribal Studies, Kannada University, Hampi felicitated her with the Nadoja Award in 2003. [1] Prasar Bharati awarded her the Best Folk Artiste Award in 2010. She received the Janapada Shri for 2010 in 2012. [2]
A student of Hampi University, L. Sarikadevi, wrote her 2006 doctoral thesis on Eramma, which helped to popularise Eramma and her practice. [4] Some of her performances have been recorded and published by Chalavaraju, a scholar of intangible heritage based at the Kannada University. [5]
Daroji Eramma | |
---|---|
Born | 1930 |
Died | 12 August 2014 | (aged 83–84)
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Burrakatha Eeramma |
Occupation(s) | Folk singer and performer |
Known for | Burra katha |
Daroji Eramma, popularly known as Burrakatha Eeramma (1930 – 12 August 2014) was a folk singer and performer of the Burrakatha, a folk art form of epic storytelling from South India. She was awarded several awards including the Rajyotsava Prashasti in 1999.
Eramma was born in 1930 in a family from the semi-nomadic Buduga Janagama community, a scheduled caste tribe. She learnt the Burrakatha from her father Lalappa as a young adolescent, and had taught this folk art form to the members of her family and community. [1]
Though illiterate, Eramma could perform twelve folk epics from memory, which amounts to 200,000 sentences and 7,000 pages in print. [2] These folk epics include Kumararama, Babbuli Nagireddi, Baala Nagamma, Jaisingaraaja Kavya and Bali Chakravarthi Kavya. [2]
Her performances often lasted for days, accompanied by her sister, Shivamma, and her sister-in-law, Parvathamma on percussion, while Eramma herself would play a stringed instrument with one hand and bells with the other. She had participated in the awareness campaigns on and polio vaccination. [2]
She died on 12 August 2014 at Bellary in Karnataka. Her last rites were performed at her native village Daroji in Sandur Taluka of Bellary district. [1]
Daroji Eramma received the Rajyotsava Prashasti in 1999 as well as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Award instituted by Government of Karnataka. [2] She was awarded the Sandesha Arts Award in 2003 for her contribution to arts and folklore. [3] The Department of Tribal Studies, Kannada University, Hampi felicitated her with the Nadoja Award in 2003. [1] Prasar Bharati awarded her the Best Folk Artiste Award in 2010. She received the Janapada Shri for 2010 in 2012. [2]
A student of Hampi University, L. Sarikadevi, wrote her 2006 doctoral thesis on Eramma, which helped to popularise Eramma and her practice. [4] Some of her performances have been recorded and published by Chalavaraju, a scholar of intangible heritage based at the Kannada University. [5]