Rural folk Songs in Bihar

Katni Geet is a folk song of Bihar which is related to the agriculture work as like the Rupani folk songs of this state. Bihar is the state of farmers and most of the population of this state belongs to villages and most of the people engaged with agriculture works. Katni songs are the way to motivate the people to move with hard work and secure their good future.

Katni folk song gives an inspiration to people to face their problems of life. It represents the sowing of paddy seeds during the time of summer seasons in this state. Summer season is the time of rice cultivation and rice is the highest or we can say biggest source of the foods of this state. So it needs hard work of farmers to produce this food in huge quantity and Katni songs are a tonic for the farmers to maintain the level of inspiration to work.

This folk song sung by the chorus of farmers during the time of agriculture works. Katni song mostly sung in the languages of Bhojpuri and Magadhi. This song is a beautiful folk part of the folk culture and folk tradition of Bihar. People of this state sung this song on especial occasions of harvesting in Bihar. There are some of professional singers who sung this melodious folk song in various corners of Bihar.