evaluate the contribution of folklore, songs, popular symbols etc.,in shaping the nationalism during freedom struggle
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With the growth of nationalism, the identity of India come to be visually associated with the image of Bharath Mata.
Abindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharath Mata, which was an ascetic, divine and calm figure.
Ideas of nationalism also derived villages to gather folk songs and legends.
It was essential to preserve one’s identity and restore a sense of pride in one’s past.
During the Swadeshi movement a tricolour flag was designed (red ,green and yellow) having 8 lotuses, depicting the 8 provinces of British India and a crescent moon representing Hindus and Muslims.
By 1921, Gandhiji designed the tricolour swaraj flag(red, green and white) with a spinning wheel(chakra) in the centre representing Gandhian Ideal is self-help.
The British saw India as backward and primitive, incapable of governing themselves. In response, Indiana began looking into the past to discover India’s achievements.
They wrote about the glorious development in ancient times when arts, architecture, science, maths, religion/culture .etc. had flourished.
Rabindranath Tagore himself began collecting ballads, nursery rhymes and myths and lead the movement for folk revival. Similarly in Madras Natesa Sastri published a massive 4-volume collections of Tamil folk tales, The folklore of southern India.
Abindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharath Mata, which was an ascetic, divine and calm figure.
Ideas of nationalism also derived villages to gather folk songs and legends.
It was essential to preserve one’s identity and restore a sense of pride in one’s past.
During the Swadeshi movement a tricolour flag was designed (red ,green and yellow) having 8 lotuses, depicting the 8 provinces of British India and a crescent moon representing Hindus and Muslims.
By 1921, Gandhiji designed the tricolour swaraj flag(red, green and white) with a spinning wheel(chakra) in the centre representing Gandhian Ideal is self-help.
The British saw India as backward and primitive, incapable of governing themselves. In response, Indiana began looking into the past to discover India’s achievements.
They wrote about the glorious development in ancient times when arts, architecture, science, maths, religion/culture .etc. had flourished.
Rabindranath Tagore himself began collecting ballads, nursery rhymes and myths and lead the movement for folk revival. Similarly in Madras Natesa Sastri published a massive 4-volume collections of Tamil folk tales, The folklore of southern India.
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Folklore, songs, popular symbols, etc. played an important role in shaping the nationalism during freedom struggle.
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- Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay made the well know painting of 'Bharat Mata', which later became a symbol of patriotism during national movement of India.
- 'Khadi' and 'Charkha' became the symbols of non-cooperation movement.
- 'Vande Mataram', written by Bakim Chandra Chattopadhyay, became the national rhyme during that period.
- Folklore, folk tales, and songs were used by national leaders as well as common men to raise a sense of patriotism among people.
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