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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 . Dhamail: A form of folk music and dance originated in Sylhet and Mymensingh region.
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.
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. The word bhatiyali comes from bhata meaning "ebb" or downstream. [1]
The Baul tradition is a unique heritage of Bengali folk music, and there are numerous other musical traditions in Bangladesh, which vary from one region to the other. Gombhira, Bhatiali, Bhawaiya are a few of the better-known musical forms. Folk music of Bengal is often accompanied by the ektara, an instrument with only one string.
The dotara is one of the most important instruments used in various genres of folk music in Bengal and Assam. It has two main forms, the Bangla and the bhawaiya (Assamese form). The Bangla form originated in the Rahr Bangla region, where it is still predominantly played. It has metal strings, which give it a brighter tone than other instruments ...
Music festivals in Bangladesh (3 C, 3 P) Bangladeshi musical films (1 C, 1 P) Bangladeshi folk music (2 C, 2 P) I. Bangladeshi music industry (1 C)
Folk music is one of the genres of music in Bangladesh. It is mainly Bengali's own music. This music talks about the lives of the people of rural Bengal, happiness, and sorrow. There are many parts to it again. It highlights the culture of a country or any region of the country.
It includes any one or more of the following elements: (i) dance, (ii) instrumental music and (iii) speech rendered in prose, verse or lyric, either in the form of narration or that of dialogue. The folk theatre of Bangladesh has developed in distinct forms, which can be loosely categorised into (i) the Narrative, (ii) the Song-and-Dance, (iii ...