Holi Songs
होली · फगुआ
In Mithila, Holi is called Phaguwa — and its signature is not the colour but the singing. Groups move house to house through the morning trading Jogira couplets.
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Holi in Mithila
- The word most Maithils use is Phaguwa, not Holi — and Jogira is its defining sound.
- Jogira’s improvised couplets are a living Maithili oral form: the melody is inherited, the words are made up in the moment.
- Malpua holds the place that gujiya holds further west; a Maithil Phaguwa without malpua is incomplete.
- Applying abir to an elder’s feet before playing colour keeps the day’s licence inside a frame of respect.
Read the full story of Holi in Mithila.