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rises into irregular uplands and elevated plains, interspersed with detached rocks. In others, it sinks into marshy lowlands, which frequently remain under water during the rainy season. It has a big rice belt area having different kinds of flavored rice. But on account of shutting down of sugar mills, the farmers faced a big blow and had to switch to other crops to earn their daily bread. Recently, due to the dropping water level in the area, a few villagers have resorted to other means of livelihood. The situation becomes even more grim, when the bore-well operators are not even present most of the times to work the equipment.
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The seasonal folk-songs commonly sung in the villages are Hori or Phag during spring. Malhar and Kajri in the rainy season. Women have their own songs for special occasions such as sohar (sung on the occasion of the birth of a child ) or Mangla geet (gari) during marriage ceremony. Bhajan-Kirtan in a
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