![]() The main thing is to sing Gurbani with love. Much of Gurbani has no raag whatsoever including Jap Jee Sahib along with many other Banis. At Nagar Keertans, a puraatan (old) tradition, sangat sings together in simple tunes. This maryada has carried on from puraatan (old) times. It happens at Bangla Sahib, Patna Sahib and other Gurdwaras too. ![]() This is a puraatan maryada and at certain times of the day it happens. ![]() At Darbaar Sahib, at certain times in the day, the Sangat go in the parkarma and sing shabads together in simple tunes or JoTees. Hence the tradition of Chaunkees and JoTeean shabads. The tradition of simple tunes in panth has been there since the start. Not everyone can become a skilled raag kirtani overnight and others don’t have time to learn due to other responsibilities, so simple tunes are those, which are based on raag, and can be learnt by all without much problem. Simple tunes are used so that even young children and beginners can sing Kirtan. They were not trained raagees, so they sang simple tunes. The Jatha was a group of Gursikhs who lived simple lives as householders who got together and did Kirtan.
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