Biraha Bahar

Biraha Bahar
Biraha Bahar
Written by	Bhikhari Thakur
Original language	Bhojpuri
Subject	Cleanliness, Spirituality
Genre	Theatre, Dialogue, Biraha

Biraha Bahar (IAST: Birahā Bahār) is the first play written by Bhikhari Thakur.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is a musical play written in Biraha genre as a mystic Dialogue between a Washerwoman (Dhobin) and Washerman (Dhobi). This play gives the message that cleaning is not only limited to washermen instead it is there in every profession. Just like a washerman cleans clothes, a Koiri washes vegetables, farmer's job cleans his field, in the same way a human's job is to clean his soul because god resides in cleanliness.^[4]

References

^ Indian Literature, Volume 44. Sahitya Akademi. 2000. p. 190.
^ Ājakala, Volume 63. Publikēśansa Ḍivīzana, Sūcanā Tayā Prasārana Mantrādaya, Bhārah Sarkāra. 2006. p. 24.
^ Sulabh, Hrushikesh (2009). Rangmanch Ka Jantantra. Raj Kamal Prakashan. p. 100. ISBN 9788126717842.
^ Bhikhari: Lok Kalakar Bhakt Bhikhari Thakur ki samast rachnaon ka vishleshan. Loka Kalākāra Bhikhārī Ṭhākura Āśrama. 1978. p. 25.

[1] Indian Literature, Volume 44. Sahitya Akademi. 2000. p. 190.

[2] Ājakala, Volume 63. Publikēśansa Ḍivīzana, Sūcanā Tayā Prasārana Mantrādaya, Bhārah Sarkāra. 2006. p. 24.

[3] Sulabh, Hrushikesh (2009). Rangmanch Ka Jantantra. Raj Kamal Prakashan. p. 100. ISBN 9788126717842.

[4] Bhikhari: Lok Kalakar Bhakt Bhikhari Thakur ki samast rachnaon ka vishleshan. Loka Kalākāra Bhikhārī Ṭhākura Āśrama. 1978. p. 25.

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