The Image of Women in Folk Traditions of Migration

Abstract

In India’s largest linguistic region, the Bhojpur region, migration has created three distinct folk traditions: the banijiya (trader) tradition, the sipahiya (soldier) tradition, and the bidesiya (foreigner) tradition. Despite being entrenched in social and cultural differences, the sentiments in these traditions have had mutual interactions. The present paper throws light on the image of women in these three traditions.