Dulpod

Dulpod is a Goan dance song with quick rhythm and themes from everyday Goan life. The plural of dulpod in Konkani is dulpodam. The dulpod is a folk song, anonymous, freely improvised, and sometimes lacking in thematic unity. The tunes of the dulpod are usually in the six-eight measure, though the two-fourths are not uncommon. The dulpod is usually sung in sequence with a mando.

Farar-far zatai ranantu is one of the best known dulpods, a masterpiece of its genre. The composer sings: “The white soldiers are shooting at the Rane. The Rane are shooting at the white soldiers.” Of late, the dulpod Ya, ya, maya ya is often sung at the end of a sequence of mandos and dulpods. Some other dulpods are:

Ai lia lia lo
Amani gamani
Banalichea Monti sokolo
Cecilia mhojem nanv
Moddganvam thouiager
Sant Antoninchea Dongrar
Tollem sukolem
Undir mhojea mama
Vhoir, vhoir, vhoir kattakoi
Ya, ya, maya ya