The Pala is a long musical narrative punctuated with explanations ...
PALA
The Pala is a long musical narrative punctuated with
explanations, rendered By a singer (gayaka) accompanied by a
band of four to five persons, one cymbals plays on a drum
(mridanga) and the others playing musical instruments like
cymbals. The pala singer describes episodes from the
Mahabharata, Ramayana or other Puranic Texts. The musicians
who accompany him join at appropriate moments in a chorus or
semblance of rudimentary dialogue. The tale is interspersed with
loud music of drums and cymbals. The singer and his
accompanists dance using very simple rhythmic stepping as they
sing.
The Pala singer begins by invoking the blessings of a deity, usually
Sarala, the muse of poetry, and briefly states the theme of his
song. As he continues his performance another singer asks him
questions or requests him to elucidate a point. This the pala
singer does with great élan: Generally, the pala songs are
Taken from the rich repertoire of Oriya poetry and literature
with appropriate references To relevant Sanskrit poetry.
The pala singer not only sings out the narrative song. But have to
be highly innovative to establish rapport with his audience. He is
dressed in glittering robes and wears an ornate headgear. He
holds a chamara (whisk) in his hand, which he wields with
extreme flourish, now as a weapon, now as a fan, and
now as a pen according to the needs of his song and waves it as a
of divine blessing. Thus he has to combine drama, song and dance
and as a narrator, detached from the main events of his dramatic
song.
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