{"id":51323,"date":"2025-06-22T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=51323"},"modified":"2025-06-23T17:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T12:12:53","slug":"ghumot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ghumot\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghumot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ghumot Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, Goa state cabinet declared ghumot as the state&#8217;s heritage instrument without monitor lizard skin which has sparked an aesthetics debate on folk music. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ghumot<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghumot (or Ghumat) is a <\/span><b>traditional membranophone percussion instrument<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that features in several religious and cultural practices of Goa.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>How is it designed?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>made with an earthen clay pot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with one side left open and the mouth covered with animal hide, usually that of the Indian monitor lizard (now largely replaced by goat hide).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rim is designed to secure the membrane, and the instrument is often warmed near a bonfire to tighten the skin for enhanced sound.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ghumot player strikes on this tightly tied membrane to create sharp beats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Where is it Used?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The instrument is also played in a <\/span><b>pre-wedding \u2018roce\u2019 ceremony of Goan Christians<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where the ghumata vazop comes alive.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It assumes significance during Hindu religious rituals such as the Ganapati Stotra, Ganapati Arati and Ganapati Visarjana observed during Ganesh Chaturthi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also instrinsic to the <\/span><b>zagor or harvest season<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, usually organised by the mandd (village committee) and Shigmo or Holi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>significance among the Hindus and Christians<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the western state and was originally made and played only by the local tribal community.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/ghumot-the-keeper-of-cultural-past-how-conservation-of-indian-monitor-lizard-has-sparked-an-aesthetics-debate-on-folk-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghumot is a traditional membranophone percussion instrument that features in several religious and cultural practices of Goa. 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