Malayalam Folk DanceSongs MP3 Music

 

Very few songs of today’s age actually have the true folk flavor retained in them. To keep the Malayalam folk music alive the most of these sites have been very useful by providing free downloads of rare old and latest fresh new hit Malayalam folk music mp3. These sites also provide lyrics, videos and video clips which can be seen online or downloaded for free.

The majority of the musical heritage of Kerala lies in its folklore which includes not just songs but also its early poems and verses. Malayalam folk music has treated songs as an essential part of Kerala’s rich heritage of literature and used them as a medium to express thoughts, ideas and culture. Thus we see Malayalam folk songs and regional poetry exists as one and the same which is not seen in other arenas like Sanskrit.

Through oral tradition the innumerable varieties of folk songs have been composed, preserved and handed down to the succeeding generations. This oral tradition had the disadvantage that the authorship of many of these songs and the exact time of their composition is not clearly known. Yet, they form an unbroken link between the ancient and the modern people and provide valuable records of their religious, social and cultural progress.

The earliest Malayalam folk songs were either religious or heroic since the earlier Malayali had great pride in his religion and his chivalry. They later incorporated a variety of other subjects related to occupation while certain songs like maveli, thumpi, jnaruppattu etc had different tunes.
The accompanying instruments of the folklore were chenda, para, talam, chengala, kuzhal, villu, kinnam, kudam, veena etc. Some of these are still in use even today and are exceptionally brilliant instruments. It is the singular pride of the Malayalis that they have been able to posses a rich heritage of original and unaltered instruments and instrumental playing which are as old as those of natya sastra.

Similarly many of the old and obsolete ragas can still be traced in the traditions of Kerala folk music. Also in them, one sees the traits of sopana which is the original music system of Kerala which reigned supreme till the classical Carnatic music swept the state. The exquisite rustic music of Kerala faced a set back in its popularity about half a century ago with the sudden establishment of new styles like the concert music, light music, drama music, film music, pop music etc., in whose expansion, the radio and television played the major role. Unable to withstand the growing popularity of such well organized music disciplines the folk songs and their artists either receded to remote villages or modified themselves in form and character. Recently, an earnest attempt has been going on to rediscover and preserve the folk music in their original form and charm so that the true musical legacy of Kerala in its Malayalam folk songs can live on.