Oriya Songs: Rich Colors of Music

India has given birth to some of the finest cinemas all across the world. One among these cinemas is Orissa Cinema that strives to entertain its audience not only with the huge variety of story lines and concepts of its movies but also attempts to serve the music enthusiasts with its multiple range of music genres.

Since Orissa is the music centre of South India it boasts of the ethnic and traditional heritage as in the ancient times the saints and poets who wrote and voiced the poems and songs, roused the religious feelings of the masses. During the 11th century, the Triswari, Chatuhswari, and Panchaswari form of music was transformed and changed to classical style.

In the 16th century, Oriya music was compiled with literature. Four of the popular treatises written in that era are Sangitamava Chandrika, Natya Manorama, Sangita Kalalata and Gita Prakasha. Thus, Oriya songs are a combination of Chitrapada, Dhruvapada, Panchal and Chitrakala kinds of music. This explains, while music use artwork, it is termed as Chitikala. Another unique feature of Oriya music is the Padi that includes singing of words in a fast pace.

This rich cultured Oriya music is a highly charming and colorful form of music that holds a more than two thousand five hundred years old history. This form of music comprises of a wide array of categories including Tribal Music, Folk Music, Light Music, Light-Classical Music, Classical Music etc.