Remembering Traditional Ways of Mass Interactions and Recreation: Social Impact Assessment of Folk Arts in Punjab

Page: 241-243
Pushpinder Singh (Department of Sociology, Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab)

This research paper is a sociological analysis of the prevailing form of folk arts. The focus is at the reasons why the different tribes and castes have given up their ancestral occupations of performing arts. The analysis is being done to understand the different folk arts found in culture of Punjab, the communities who performed these arts, their reasons, importance and relevance. These communities include the art of Baazi (acrobatic feats) of the Baazigars, the spectacles of the Madaris, art of Bengalas, dance of Nats and the imitations of Bhand or Marasis. The major focus is to understand the importance of folk arts through present day phenomena. The proliferation of new recreational activities through new media forced folk art based communities to change their occupations.