Dohori song in the "New Nepal": the Nepali dohori song embodies the political and social changes of "New Nepal" as the genre struggles in a shift from traditional love song to commercialized music.(performance poetry)

From: World Literature Today | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Stirr, Anna | Copyright information

At an all-night songfest in Nepal's Gorkha district, during the festival of Chandi Purnima in late May, a dohori song took a surprising turn: the male singer asked his female partner to take him away with her, the opposite of traditional custom.

After consulting with her friends, she responded: "Laijanu ta timile parne ho--maile laanu paryo ke garne ho?" (It's really you who should take me--now I have to take you, what to do?)

His response, in turn, was: "Pher...

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