Kajari

Kajari is a folk song and dance form from Bhojpuri region of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

[1] It is of the Hindustani classical music genre, performed during the rainy season usually late June to September when lush greenery reappears and agricultural labor begins again.

[7] Kajari dwell on such themes as the separation of women from their beloved, for it is believed that the gloom cast by the rains intensifies their feeling of loneliness.

In these songs are highlighted the moods and pangs of separation of the women, and the rains are said to evoke in them a longing for their beloved.

[1] The kaga (crow) is often described as a messenger carrying a message to the Pardeshi Sainya (that is, the lover) in faraway lands.