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Performance of Gaudiya Nritya by Mahua Mukherjee. Gaudiya Nritya (Bengali: Gaur̤īẏa Nṛtya or Gour̤īyo Nrityo) is a classical dance tradition. [2] [3] [4] This dance expressed religious stories [5] through songs written [6] and composed to the ragas & talas [7] of Gaudiya music by ancient poets, especially Vaishnavism. [8]
The Star of Bengal was ordered by shipping company J.P. Corry & Co., which was founded in Belfast and headquartered in London. [4] [11] At the time of her launch on January 3, 1874, [14] the Star of Bengal was the largest vessel in gross tonnage in service of J.P. Corry & Co. (in December 1874, she was surpassed by the 1,981 GT Star of Russia).
Benga is a genre of Kenyan popular music.It evolved between the late 1940s and late 1960s, in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi.In the 1940s, the African Broadcasting Service in Nairobi aired a steady stream of soukous, South African kwela, Congolese finger-style guitar and various kinds of Cuban dance music that heavily influenced emergence of benga.
They released the limited-edition single "Fingers" in December 1998. A Justin Robertson remix was popular on the club scene and paved the way for the follow-up, "Asian Vibes", issued in 1999. [1] The debut album One and One Is One was released [6] in March 1999. [1] On 8 July 1999, Haroon died unexpectedly of a heart-attack at the age of 34. [1]
Dhunuchi Nritya or Dhunuchi Naach is a Bengali traditional dance. This devotional dance is performed during Hindu puja and aarti ceremonies in Bengal. The dance is seen performed during Durga Puja by devotees, mainly Bengali Hindus. This dance celebrates Goddess Durga's victory over Mahishasura, which incorporates themes of victory and ...
Kirtan: devotional song depicting love to Hindu God Krishna and his (best-known) lover Radha. Lalon: best known of all folk songs and the most important subgenre of Baul songs, almost entirely attributed to spiritual writer and composer, Lalon Fokir of Kushtia. He is known to all in West Bengal of India too.(Western Bangladesh, near the border ...
Alkap is an amalgamation of music, dance and theatrical presentation. An alkap group of ten to twelve performers is led by a sarkar (master) or guru (leader) and includes two or three young men called chhokras [check spelling], one or two gayens or singers, dohar, choristers, and musicians.
Rabindra Nritya Natya is the group of four dance-dramas composed by Bengal's Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore: Chitrangada, Chandalika, Shyama and Shrabangatha. [1] [2] The principal characteristic of these works is that the story is told entirely through dance and song. The dances included in them were in the dance form created by Tagore.