Colourful LIFE - Nomads ...

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Colourful LIFE - Nomads ...

1 - The Nomadic Soothsayers of Pavagada



Ramu, "Budubudike Dasaiah", with his family outside his hut




The tiny rattle drum is his inheritance. It is what gives 50-year-old Shankarappa his identity and livelihood. It has earned him the epithet Budubudike Dasaiah as he saunters down city lanes offering to tell people’s fortunes in exchange for a bowl of rice or loose change.

Bundled in layers of colourful cloth, the portly man walks with the drum held firmly between his thumb and index finger. But in the mad morning rush of office and school-goers, few pay him any attention. Most town-folks scorn these soothsayers of the Budubudike tribe, treating them with suspicion and shooing them away in disdain. But in the outskirts of cities, in villages, in hamlets and along countryside roads, the nomadic tribe is still revered for its apparent clairvoyance.

The Budubudike tribe, identified by the sound of their rattle drums, used to be nomadic. However, most tribe members today hover between rootedness in a village and a semi-nomadic state. Shankarappa is among the older ones who used to be completely nomadic once, but is now one of the few in his tribe to own a pucca house. He lives on the outskirts of the town of Pavagada, which is on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

- http://newindianexpress.com/magazine...cle1746045.ece


2 - Budabukkala ... AP



This is a traditional attire of a person who comes to seek alms one in a while going around the village ... Budabukkala Vaallu is what we call them ...


- http://sreeslifeinpictures.blogspot....l-village.html


3 - Budabukkala Minstrel's Song falling Silent

VISAKHAPATNAM: Known for their baggy and colourful outfits, the Budabukkalas or folk singers were once a common sight in North Coastal Andhra. Known to be members of the migrant Aaare community, the minstrels used to make their presence felt during the Neelakanti period before harvest in Dhanurmasa (December) till the Sankranti festival.

Budabukkalas or Budabukkalolu, whose colourful presence and rustic songs would actually wake people up as early as 3.00 am in rural areas, also played the role of a prophesier, who would predict the future of the members of households apart from singing the praises of Goddess Amba and Lord Shiva.

- http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...-areas-village


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