Patari

The Patari are scheduled caste, found in North India. They are one of a number of tribal groupings found in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, and the adjoining areas of Madhya Pradesh.

History and origin

There are various theories as to the origin of the Patari tribe. According to the tribe itself, the Patari are by origin Gond tribals, who were ritual specialists and advisers to the Gond kings. They belong to the Devgond sub-division. Other sources, such as William Crooke claim that the Patari are actually of Majhwar origin, and descend from seven brothers, of which their ancestor Patari was responsible for the rituals and traditions of the other six Majhwar clans. The Patari once spoke Chattisgarhi, but now speak Hindi. They are found throughout south eastern Uttar Pradesh, but are concentrated in Sonbhadra district.

Social organization

The Patari are further divided into four sub-divisions, each of which have separate totemistic septs called kuris. Major septs among the first sub-group include the Narkam, Poija, Kusro, Soi, Neti and Serlo. In the second sub-group, major kuris include the Tekam, Netam. Pusan and Marpachi.While in the third sub-groups, major kuri include the Marai and Sarota, and fourth sub-group, the kuris include the Kuram, Poika and Armon. The Patari are endogamous, but practice kuri exogamy.

Patari (disambiguation)

Patari may refer to:

Patari.pk

Patari (Urdu: پٹاری) is a Pakistani music streaming service founded in February 2015 by Khalid Bajwa and Humayun Haroon. The site provides Pakistani music and is known as the largest music streaming service in Pakistan.

History

Background

According to the chief creative officer of Patari, their initial plan was to create an online Pakistani drama serials portal but they were failed then Jang Group’s Chief Strategy Officer Faisal Sherjan, encourage them to change their direction from TV serials to music. Bajwa said: “Our initial plan was to create an online portal for Pakistani television serials. It was only after we met with a senior media executive who encouraged us to look at music instead that we changed our original idea.”

Launch

Patari was launched in February 2015 in beta version with collection of 20,000 songs and 600 artists and was only accessible through invites and later by registration. It became viral all over Pakistan. “We honestly just kept our heads down and kept working on it. Just another day in the life of a start-up we thought, and the next thing we knew, it was everywhere. People were sharing screenshots, making memes, trading tips on how to get invites and reaching out to us to tell us how much they love Pakistani music and Patari.”. said Khalid Bajwa. Patari was opened for public on September 4, 2015.