Question

What is Paliya?
A)Paliya is a folk dance of kutch region
B) Paliya is folk music of kutch region
C)Paliya is a memorial commemorating the heroes
D)Paliya is a religious ceremony of tribal people your answer

Answer 1

Hint: Indian people believe in transcendentalism a lot. Dynasties after dynasties have started cultural practices and built monuments to leave behind a legacy of art, culture and architecture.

Complete answer:
The tradition originated from the Indus valley civilization when the dead bodies were not cremated but either buried or floated in the river. The spot of burial was initially marked with single stone and later stone circles which are found during excavations and later the practice evolved into a stone column with inscriptions which had information of person, place and date.
We shall now see the options:
Paliya is a folk dance of kutch region-Manjira nritya, garba and garbi, dandiya raas, ghoriya raas, dholi nritya, tippani nritya hinch are some of the famous dance forms of Kutch region . other than this, there are some tribal dances like jag nritya, swords raas of gadhvi which attract a lot of tourists from worldwide.Hence, this is incorrect.

Paliya is folk music of the Kutch region-Kutch district has a rich culture of folk music and dance as people here are very fond of music and dance. Kutchi folk music has existed since ancient times and kutchi people produce music like tabla, sharnai, nagara, murli, janjhra, manjira, khanjari, ghaghar. Thus this is not the correct option.

Paliya is a memorial commemorating the heroes-The Paliya is a type of a stone memorial found in western India especially in the Kutch region. They mostly commemorate the death of a person or a battle hero.There are several types of memorials dedicated to warriors, sailors, sati, animals and associated with folklore. These stone monuments have symbols and inscriptions. Hence this is the right answer.

Paliya is a religious ceremony of tribal people-Tribals in Kutch have diverse culture with various traditions of marriage, death etc but Paliya isn't the name of any ceremony . Hence this is the incorrect option.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C)

Note: The word Paliya is derived from the Sanskrit root Pal, "to protect". In Gujarati Pala means "a group of soldiers in skirmish" or "army". They are also known as pariya in Parkari Koli language and loharti in Daharki languages of Sindh, Pakistan. In 2016, various paliyas were excavated in the Kutch region of Gujrat.