KOLKATA: Musical treasures such as Baul and Bhatiyali are set for a new life, thanks to an initiative taken by the Rajya Sangeet Academy to prepare a chronicle of indigenous music of Bengal. KOLKATA: ...

In the history of Bengali folk music, Baul, Kirtan, Bhatiali and Bhawaiya songs have been revived and re-used the most. But Bengali folk is a rich labyrinth of melodies and cultures — there are ...

Bangla folk music is a rich and diverse genre that has evolved over centuries in the eastern part of the subcontinent comprising the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura, and Bangladesh. From the ...

Radio Misty 94.3 fm, the first and Number one fm station of North Bengal joined hands with Bangla Gaan Utsav committee to organize path-breaking festival of Bengali songs. The four-day festival had ...

If you crave the touch of culture, revisit one of Bengal’s most prized forms of art this Durga Puja. The Bannabagram Baul Ashram is a tribute to baul gaan, a form of folk music embedded in the very ...

Baul music is simply not gaan or music, but also a convergence of gyaan or knowledge. This is 18th century “rural info-taintment” if we may that has survived until today. During the times of Fakir ...

Durga Puja fervour is peaking; now it is the Kali Baaris of Bhopal, where the festivities have begun. From today till Dussehra, these Kali Temples would be the hub of community bonding in Bhopal.

There was a time when the strains of a Baul gaan (songs) and a Murshidi gaan floated together over Bengal’s paddy fields, when Hindus and Muslims, bound by the same rhythms of harvest and hardship, ...

Bangladesh is known as a land of music. The folk music of Bangladesh, in particular, is deeply connected with the psyche of the country and resonates through the villages of Bengal. “At the back of ...

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in collaboration with the Dhatri Foundation and Ekathara Kalari presented ‘The World of The Bauls’, a unique festival that provided an authentic ...