VIII LITERATURE

A. Oral

Song:

Dong

“Dong da aka redo jonamlen
Dong da akaredo bushar len,
Dong da dang lisai,
Dong da Hihiri re janamlen
Dong da Pipiri re bushor len
Dong da dang lisai lasia”.

Lag~re
Baha

'Baha banga hale molo-chando
Bir buru sajau  ena, dare nari bahai-ena,
Sarjom baha, matkom gele sa-da muhur-muhur.

De-seng atag me-ya, de-seng darm me-ya
Nowa abhron, nowa sagen sajau
Phagun bonga molo chando
Baha bonga amge poroi poroi'.

“sohrai”

'Numin  din da amda sohorai
Akaredom tahe kan
Akaredam oko danag len
Kulhi muchat boud tala
Ato muchat bailhour  tala,
Bir buru dare tala
Sakam talareng oko danag len'.

“Lagre”

Nadiaka dhare dhare
Kahar bansi baje,
Hai hai o^ntare kandiche.
Akhite dekhini, kaneto^ sunini,
Hai hai, amar o^ntare kandiche.

Bir

“ulasi”

Nida+n^ kukmu kana.,
Hasan^ lala lana
Jiur kure mutun^
ClhuTAo akan

Dakan^ jajom kana
kathan^ ajom kek'a
Adivasi ot-ho oDoo~ oDok akan

Ol-in^ seRe seya
RoR in^ telae seya
Hasa lala kamin^
Erao seya

Danc

Dong
La~gRe
pata
Rinjha
Donge
Baha
Sohrai
Dasain
Danta
Dahar
Jhika
Singrai

B. Written Literature

The early accounts by Man (1867), Dalton (1872), and Risley (1819) are the great literary contributions made by Santals. The most useful record in Santali narrative was made by an elderly Santal named Kolean guru in 1870 (published first in 1887). This has since been translated by Bodding (1944) into English and by Hansda (1933) into Bengali. Most voluminous of the writer on Santal was Rev. P.O. Bodding. He produced five large volumes of well documented Santali-English dictionary (1932-36), five volumes on folklore (1925-29, 1940c), monographs on Santal medicine (1927), Ojhas (1925), witch craft (1940) and language (1922)

Rev. Campbell published papers on traditions (1916a, b) inheritance (1915a), life cycle rituals (1916c, d) and a handy two volume Santali-English dictionary (1933).

Bompass contributed two volumes on folklore (1909)

Archer published articles on folklore (1943 a, b, c, d, 1945b, 1946), Santal marriage (1944c, 1945) and of witch craft (1947b).

A large number of useful records on the Santal are scattered in Gazetteers, settlement reports and other Government publications (notable are McAlpin 1909, McPherson 1909, Southerland 1819, Hamilton 1939, Mcphail 1893, O'Malley 1910, 1938)

In recent period large number of papers, Magazines and Journals have appeared.