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Maimansingha Gitika (Bengali: মৈমনসিংহ গীতিকা, lit. 'Mymensingh Ballads') is a collection of Bengali folk ballads from the region of Eastern Mymensingh (Now Netrokona) Bangladesh. [1] They were published in English as Eastern Bengal Ballads.
Dhamal (Bengali: ধামাল), better known as dhamail (Bengali: ধামাইল), is a form of Bengali folk music and dance prevalent in the Mymensingh and Sylhet regions of northeastern Bengal, in present-day Bangladesh and eastern India.
Rajjob Ali Dewan was a legendary Bengali folk singer, poet, and lyricist who made significant contributions to Bengali folk music, particularly in the genres of Baul, Bhatiali, and Marfati (Sufi-inspired) songs. His works reflect rural life, spiritual love, and mysticism.
Bhatiali or bhatiyali (Bengali: ভাটিয়ালি) is a form of folk music, sung in both Bangladesh and West Bengal, India.Bhatiali is a river song mostly sung by boatmen while going down streams of the river.
Bhawaiya is a musical form or a popular folk music that originated in Northern Bengal, especially the Rangpur Division in Bangladesh, Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, India, and the undivided Goalpara district of Assam, India.
The music of the Bauls, Baul Sangeet, is a particular type of folk song. Their music represents a long heritage of preaching mysticism through songs in Bengal. Bauls pour out their feelings in their songs but never bother to write them down. Theirs is essentially an oral tradition.
Lal Paharir Deshe Ja (transl. You belong to the land of red hills) is a Bengali folk music based on a poem written by Arun Chakraborty in 1970s. [1]Arun Chakraborty, a folk artist (and engineer by training), [2] wrote the poem after spotting a leafless Palash tree at Srirampur Station, he considered the tree to be misfit and thought that it should belong to the red hills. [3]
Folk music can be classified into several subgenres: Baul: mainly inspired by Lalon and almost exclusively performed by Baul mystics. Bhandari: Devotional music from the South (mainly Chittagong). Bhatiali: Music of fishermen and boatman, almost always tied by a common ragas sung solo. Bhawaiya: Song of bullock-cart drivers of the North .