Lets share some of the stories about the characters mentioned in folk songs.
I start with ’ Ho-Jamalo’ famous Sindhi folk song.
HO JAMALO sindhi song - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6QmMR48jJw)
It is for congratulating a person namely Jamal (Jamalo), who came to his village after winning a battle.
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the UP version of it is Dahi Jamalo, which yadavs might have made after they learned know how of Dahi :D
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Don’t they (UP Walas) have folk songs and folk characters?
YouTube 
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proxy use karlo. and You don’t need to listen ‘Ho-Jamalo’ again. That must be in your memory.
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This song is made in India?
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This song is made in India?
No its performed by Indian Sindhis. The song is way old before partition
This song is made in India?
No
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Pehlay dekho phir bolo 
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Some originality
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The oldest recorded version of Ho-Jamalo
HO JAMALO- PHULL MACHHI-SINDHI GEET MALA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ldx66coOWE)
Kia dekhoo ? Song? 
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Whats the story behind Jugni?
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Whats the story behind Jugni?
Talking to the wrong person here.
1800 (Uncle Google) Hello Hello...
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Yes its is performed by Indian Sindhis.
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Last time I concluded, you liked songs like ‘jadon holi jai lena mera naa , main thaa mar janiyan’ 
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lol, some one else talked to me on the topic, professor in some university. He said the exact thing about “than mar jaaniya”. 
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lol, some one else talked to me on the topic, professor in some university. He said the exact thing about "than mar jaaniya". :p
which same thing? thaa mar janiyan means moqa e wardaat pe mar jana
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Jugni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jugni is an age-old narrative device used in Punjabi folk music and sung at Punjabi weddings in India, Pakistan, US, Canada, Australia and UK. The word literally means ‘Female Firefly’, in folk music it stands in for the poet-writer who uses Jugni as an innocent observer to make incisive, often humorous, sometimes sad but always touching observations. In spiritual poetry Jugni means the spirit of life, or essence of life. The late Legendary Alam Lohar (Punjab, Pakistan) and late Singer & Humorist Asa Singh Mastana (Punjab, India) are credited with popularizing this poetry from early sufi spiritual writings and then subsequently later on it was transformed by other singers as a female girl just like prefixes like Preeto.
Much of early Jugni writing is spiritual in nature and relates to one’s understanding of the world and one’s relationship with God. Many poet philosophers have used the Jugni device, which is in the public domain, to make social, political or philosophical, often mildly subversive, commentary. Jugni is cross religious and depending on the writer, invokes the name of God (often using the word “Saeen”, the vernacular word for Lord), Ali or the Gurus. A kernel of truth is an essential and integral part of every Jugni composition.
The oral history that has been recorded by freedom fighters and scholars points out that Jugni, which is so much a part of the Punjabi folk repertoire, came into being only in 1906 and was actually a song of protest against the British imperial rule. That year, a flaming torch toured all over the British empire in celebration of the golden jubilee of Victoria Regina. When it came to Punjab, a pair of young singers, Manda and Bishna, fond of singing tappe and the legend of Mirza, decided to sing the song of the natives and the word ‘Jugni’ was derived from ‘jubilee’ and the target was the jubilee flame. In fact, that’s how the rustic and unlettered youths pronounced the word. The message came out with all its satire in the verses that have the names of the different destinations the jubilee flame was taken to and here is the one on Majitha: [SUP][2]](Jugni - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
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which same thing? thaa mar janiyan means moqa e wardaat pe mar jana
yes he is quite a proponent of Punjabi language.