Folk Songs in Hindi | लोकगीत

किसी प्रान्त विशेष में गाये जाने वाले गीतों को लोकगीत कहते हैं, ये गीत उस प्रान्त विशेष के संस्कृति, रीती-रिवाजों की झलक से भरे होते हैं। लोकगीत जिन्हें केवल एक व्यक्ति नहीं पूरा प्रान्त गाता हैं, जो किसी प्रान्त विशेष के प्रचलित और पसंद किये जाने वाले गीत होते हैं। इन गीतों को प्रायः शादियों, त्योहारों व किसी भी ख़ुशी के अवसरों में गाया जाता हैं जिसे उस प्रान्त के लोगो द्वारा मिल कर गया जाता हैं। लोकगीत ही समाज की वास्तविक प्रचालनो व भावनाओ को प्रस्तुत करते हैं।

लोकगीत सीधा किसी प्रान्त विशेष के लोगो के दिलों से निकले हुए उसी प्रान्त के लोगो के द्वारा गए जाने वाले गीत हैं, लोक गीतों को गाने के लिए उस प्रान्त में ही पाए जाने वाले साधारण ढोलक व अन्य सामान्य वाघयंत्रो का इस्तेमाल किया जाता हैं। लोक गीत जिस प्रान्त विशेष में गए जाते है उस प्रान्त का दर्पण होते हैं, लोकगीत ही उस प्रान्त विशेष की व्यक्तिगत भावनाओ का वास्तविक प्रतिबिम्ब होते हैं।

किसी भी प्रान्त विशेष में गाए जाने वाले लोकगीत उस प्रान्त के बच्चों के लिए सामाजिक प्रचालनो का प्रतीक होते हैं, ये बालगीत बच्चों को उनके उस प्रान्त के रीती-रिवाजों, धारणाओ, प्रचलनो व भाषा से अवगत कराते हैं। बच्चें एन लोकगीतों की मदद से बचपन से ही अपने प्रान्त की सांस्कृतिक विरासत को समझना व उसका अनुसरण करना शुरू कर देतें है जो समाज का एक महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा हैं।                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

लोकगीत सीधा जनता के गीत होते हैं इसलिए इनमें दिया जाने वाला संगीत भी लोगो द्वारा साधारणतया इस्तेमाल होने वाला प्रान्त संगीत होता हैं। इस संगीत को साधारण ढोलक, बासुरी, करतल आदि संगीत प्रसाधनो की मदद से बनाया जाता हैं, लोकगीतों में लोकसंगीत ही दिया जाता हैं।

भारतीय समाज में लोकगीतों की लोकप्रियता बढ़ने का सबसे महत्वपूर्ण कारण सामाजिक मनोरंजन हैं, इन लोकगीतों में अशिक्षित व गरीब समाज का वह वर्ग सम्मिलित होता है जो मन बहलाने के लिए अपने मनोरंजन के लिए इन गीतों को बनाते थे और अपने त्योहारों व समारोहों में इन गीतों को गया करते थे। परन्तु जैसे-जैसे इन गीतों का दायरा बढ़ता जा रहा है इन गीतों की लोकप्रियता भी बढती ही जा रही हैं जिसके कारण जो साधारण उपकरण लोकगीतों में संगीत देने के लिए उपयोग किये जाते थे अब उनके स्थान पर अच्छे उपकरणों का इस्तेमाल करके लोकगीतों का इस्तेमाल किया जा रहा हैं।

स्त्रियों के लोकगीत बहुत ही लोकप्रिय होते हैं, प्राचीन कल में जब स्त्रियों किसी कार्य को करने के लिए एकजुट हुआ करती थी तो वे अक्सर अपने मनोरंजन के लिए गीत गाया करती थी जिससे वे अपने मन की सभी छोटी-छोटी बातो का वर्णन एक – दूसरे से गा कर किया करती थी जो माहौल को खुशनुमा बना दिया करते थे। धीरे धीरे सभी समारोहों, त्योहारों पर भी एन लोकगीतों का प्रचलन शुरू हो गया और सभी लोग इसमें बढ़ चढ़ कर हिस्सा लेने लगे, फिर इनमें उपलब्ध संगीत उपकरणों का इस्तेमाल भी किया जाने लगा जो आज कल बहुत ही प्रचलित हैं।