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Astok song or astok dance is one of the major trends in the ancient folk culture of West Bengal and Bangladesh. It is usually performed during various Chaitra Sankranti rituals in the 'Bengali Hindu' society.
Bulbul Chowdhury played a crucial role in popularizing dance in East Pakistan's Bengali Muslim society. After settling in Dhaka following the partition of India, he creatively merged classical dance forms with themes from Muslim history andculture. Drawing from Kathakali, Bharatanatyam, Kathak, and Manipuri traditions, he developed unique dance ...
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.
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.
Musical notes for Bangladesh's national anthem, Amar Sonar Bangla, which is based on Baul song Ami Kothay Pabo Tare 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.
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.
Gombhira, Gambhira or Gamvira (Bengali: গম্ভীরা) is a type of Bengali folk song and dance originating in the Bengal region, from what is known today as northwestern Bangladesh and north eastern West Bengal, India.
Theatre in Bangladesh is believed to have its origin in the 4th century AD in the form of Sanskrit drama. The conquest of Bengal by the Gupta Empire led the ingress of the northern Indian culture into the ancient Bangladeshi culture which eventually introduced the tradition of theatre in Bangladesh .