Question

explain the contribution of folklore,songs,popular prints etc,in shaping the nationalism during freedom struggle

Answer 1

Answer:

In India, folklore played an important role-

1. In late 19th century, leaders started going around villages, recorded folks songs and ballards sung in different parts of country.
2. These were sung during the movements and protests against te British government.
3. In Bengal Rabindranath Tagore toured several villages and gathered ballards, nursery rhymes and myths and led the movement for revival.
4. In Madras, Natesa Shastri published four volume of Tamil folk tales, "The folklores of South India."

Answer 2

a. Folklores, folk songs, prints, icons and symbols

etc. helped in unifying the Indians and inspired a

feeling of nationalism in them. The image of India

was first visualized as Bharat Mata by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and also a hymn “Vande

Mataram’ was written by him in 1870s. This hymn

was later included in his novel Anandamath and

sung during the swadeshi movement in Bengal.

b. The image of Bharat Mata was portrayed as calm,

composed, divine and spiritual which acquired

different forms in different years by different

artists. This image of India developed the ideas of

nationalism in India.

c. The Indian folklores were revived and the folk

tales were recorded and sung by bards which gave

a true picture of the traditional Indian culture

and tells how it was ruined by the Britishers.

d. Rabindranath Tagore led the movement for the

revival of the folks and thus collected ballads,

nursery rhymes and myths .Tamil folk tales were

published by Natesa Shashtri in his book The

folklore of southern India which was a massive

four volume collection.

e. A tricolor swadeshi flag, using red, green

and yellow was designed during the swadeshi

movement in Bengal which had 8 lotuses for the

representation of the 8 provinces and a crescent

moon for symbolizing the Hindus and the

Muslims. A tricolor Swaraj flag was designed by

Gandhiji in the year 1921 using the colours red,

green and white. A spinning wheel was in the

centre of the flag which represented the Gandhian

ideal of self¬help.