Jar goi cokero pani (The tears are streaming down)

Taranas are sad songs and are used as a way for Rohingya people to express lamentation. They are intended as catharsis for individuals and the community and can include a range of themes, from personal ones to religious and social ones to political ones. Recent Taranas are mostly about the situation in Myanmar, the stresses of camp life and the longing for a lost home. Taranas were called ‘Kobita Gan’ until about 50 years ago when the name was changed.