Question

Burra-Katha started as which type of song?
A- Devotional Song
B- Drama
C- Poems
D- Dance

Answer 1

Hint:
Shaik Nazar popularized this song by acting on different topical issues at that time and earned the recognition of people. He is popularly regarded as "Father of Burrakatha." Tambura, a musical string instrument with a hollow shell, is referred to as Burra. 'Katha' means novel.

It consists of prayers, solo theatre, dancing, songs, poems and jokes. It is a narrative entertainment.

In the district of Guntur, about 1942, the great Burra-Katha was established with the intention of propagating political ideas among the illiterate masses in villages.

Complete answer:
Burra Katha, also known as Burrakatha, is an oral storytelling technique in the style of Jangam Katha, practiced in the villages of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. One key actor and two co-performers make up the troupe.

It began as devotional songs by nomadic individuals and became a common medium of art.
Burra Katha was a village pastime occurrence. It is still used during Dussehra or Sankranti festival seasons to describe incidents in epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata and even some of best and moral stories of kings like Kambojaraju Katha, Chinnamma Katha, Muggurumoratila Katha, etc. Daroji Eramma was a Karnataka singer of Burra Katha.

Therefore, the correct answer is A

Note:
The tellers of Burrakatha are called budagajangalu. The Internet and movies play a vital role in everyday life. That's why the Burrakathas are not seen, and no one is there to grow this and better the art. In the past, these tellers of burrakatha were important in the villages; now there is no answer to their art.

So these Burrakatha tellers abandoned their traditional art and became beggars or day labourers. There are no educated people in this tribe, even in these modern days. They don't have caste certificates to grow their tribe.