Performances in Karyala play a significant role in adding value to this folk theatre form in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The sequences in this variety entertainment differ after Chandravali and Sadhu Ka Swang in other parts of Himachal Pradesh, where forms like Bhaktoo, Banthra, Rass, Horin and others, are prevalent. In parts like Shimla, Sahab Ka Swang is followed by Nawab Ka Swang now almost extinct. The Nawab belongs to Lucknow and he lands in Himachal Pradesh, accompanied by the Nafar, his attendant. After settling down he asks his Nafar, to get a hajjam, a barber. And there enters the village comedian dressed as a barber, wittily enquiring if it would be all right if the barber is more than "baalbhar" that is more than just a hair breadth.

Now this is an example of punning on rhyme words which is mentioned above. Needless to say that this barbers, hajjam, as he is known in Urdu parlance, enters singing an improvised song, carrying a small axe of his to grind which would be used as a razor. So this is the absurd approach which is employed to create fun.

Now as he starts shaving the Nawab with that axe of his, his big nose is likened to a hillock and he seeks the advice of the Nafar, the attendant as to whether he should first chisel the hillock to make it into a shapely nose such as should adorn a big Nawab. Then he proceeds with the shave regular, and so on and thus the show goes on enveloped by peals of laughter from the audience.

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