காட்டுக்குயிலு மனசுக்குள்ள ! சந்தோஷ தெப்பத்திலே! ~ Bulbul

1991 தீபாவளியன்று ரஜனி படம் ரிலீஸ்.  மணிரத்னம் இயக்கத்தில் ரஜனிகாந்த், மம்முட்டி நடிக்க இசைஞானி இளையராஜாவின் இன்னிசையில் - பட்டிதொட்டி எங்கும் ராக்கம்மா கையை தட்டு என சுப்புலக்ஷ்மி அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட - படம் சூப்பர் ஹிட்.  இன்று பார்த்தால் ரொம்ப சுமாரான படம் ஓவர் ஹைப் பண்ணப்பட்டதோ என தோன்றுகிறது.  அந்த படத்தில் மற்றுமொரு பாடல், தடதட என இசை அதிர கவர்ந்து இழுக்கும் நடனத்துடன் ஜேசுதாஸ் SP பாலசுப்ரமணியன் இணைந்து பாட - எல்லாமே சந்தோசம் தான் என நினைக்க வாய்த்த பாடல் : 

காட்டுக்குயிலு மனசுக்குள்ள; பாட்டுக்கென்றும் பஞ்சமில்ல பாடத்தான்

தவிலைத்தட்டு துள்ளிக்கிட்டு, கவலை விட்டு கச்சைக்கட்டு ஆடத்தான்

எல்லோரும் மொத்தத்திலே! சந்தோஷ தெப்பத்திலே!  …  . தள்ளாடும் நேரத்திலே

 

Bulbul is a name often heard !! without knowing its meaning.  The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds.  The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. The  African species are predominantly found in rainforest, whereas Asian bulbuls are predominantly found in more open areas.   

The Bulbul Tarang literally "waves of nightingales", alternately Indian Banjo) is a string instrument from India,  which evolved from the Japanese taishōgoto, which likely arrived in South Asia in the 1930s. The Bulbul Tarang has evolved through the time. Currently the Bulbul Tarang total 14 Strings which is divided in 3 parts: 2 Main (Melody & Bass) Strings, 4 Jhala Strings and 8 Swarmandal Strings. The strings run over a Fretboard which is known Surpatti in Hindi, while keys resemble typewriter keys,  when depressed fret or shorten the strings to raise their pitch.

 

Pictured here is ‘Red-vented bulbul’   (Pycnonotus cafer),  a member of the bulbul family of passerines. It is a resident breeder across the Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka extending east to Burma and parts of Bhutan and Nepal. 

In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the red-vented bulbul in his Ornithologie based on a specimen that he mistakenly believed had been collected from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. He used the French name Le merle hupé du Cap de Bonne Espérance and the Latin Merula Cristata Capitis Bonae Spei.  When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson.  One of these was the red-vented bulbul. This species is now placed in the genus Pycnonotus that was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 

In 19th-century India these birds were frequently kept as cage pets and for fighting especially in the Carnatic region. They would be held on the finger with a thread attached and when they fought they would seize the red feathers of the opponents.  In the state of Assam,  on the occasion of  Bihu festival during the Ahom rule, the bird fight was held and the  practice was banned in Jan  2016. However, after  nine years, once again Assam and the rest of the states  are witnessing this fight after State Govt passed resolution.

 

Good Morning.   – welcome to my Photo story – today that of Bulbul  ! Happiness is all about perception.  It is a state of mind !  When we see birds flutter, we feel they are very happy – no one is sure whether they are happy or under any stress.  For sure only freedom can give happiness though exposed to the World has many lurking dangers.

 
With regards – S Sampathkumar
18.8.2024