Rural Folk Songs in Uttarakhand

Khuded is one of the most famous folk songs of Uttarakhand which describes the misery and pain of a lady who has been living apart from her husband. Khuded of Uttarakhand is very painful and emotional song. It echoes the suffering of the woman who is left alone after her husband leaves her and goes to another place in search of a job.

Khuded of Uttarakhand depicts the life of a low income family where the husband has to move out in search of a better job so that he can run his family, the one which he has to leave behind. Each and every word of the folk song has deep pathos attached to it.

In Khuded, the lady is described as if she keeps on cursing the situations under which she is separated from her better half, who has left her so as to search for a job. Khuded in Uttarakhand is generally sung by the women while remembering the memories of her companion's presence with her when he is out. But many a time, women sing Khuded of Uttarakhand while the husband is leaving for some other place.

Khuded is common in Uttarakhand. You can listen to this folk song in every rural area of Uttarakhand. Large group of ladies whose husbands have left for job, sing this song together to share their pain.

Similar to Khuded, there are other songs such as "Laman" and "Pawada". The former is a folk song that describes the sacrifices that the husband has done for his wife while the latter is a folk song sung by women when their husbands go to the battlefield.