Cultural representation of Ho Jamalo and it’s musical modernization (A case study of Sheedi community, Qasimabad, Hyderabad)

Abstract

The present study deals with the construction of Cultural identity. Culture is the identity and living pattern of any ethnicity, in the living patterns mostly the cultural objects are added but without absurd Ho Jamalo identifies Sindhi culture more than their cultural objects. Ho Jamalo as the folk song of Sindhi culture considered as the identity of Sindhi People worldwide. Ho Jamalo seems as cultural, symbolic and functional in society. It paves a way to Happiness, beauty, bravery, brotherhood, love, unity and prosperity. This is the only ingredient of Sindhi culture, which always provided a positive aspect in society. With the passage of time modernization has effected every aspect of human culture and Ho Jamalo is not an exception to it. The research was conduct by mainly utilizing Anthropological Reseacher methods. The researcher has used various techniques and methods for the fieldwork. To accelerate the quality of research work, researcher chose to adopt Qualitative method. Different techniques were used like participation observation, in depth interview, focus group discussions and purposive sampling was used by the researcher and case studies. The data was collect from 25 respondents who were selected through purposive sampling. The sampling units included Folklorist. Musicians, instruments players, Folk dancers etc. Ho Jamalo is associate with many narratives and variations, which are not valid at all. These narratives have not any official evidence, which can be reliable to it. However, it was just a simple song initially created by human being for the jolliness and fun. Ho Jamalo represents the Culture of Sindh as lyrical; it has the quality to give a feel of Sindhi culture in its lyrics. In the ii traditional society the lyrics were with relevance to society and with the modernization of society, the lyrics changed and became modernized because the societal surroundings modernized. Sheedi Community has also accepted and practiced Ho Jamalo in their society and events.