

Bhandari: devotional music from the South (mainly Chittagong).Baul: mainly inspired by Lalon Fokir and almost exclusively performed by hermits.Modernised and incorporated into modern songs (Adhunik songeet).įolk music can be classified into several subgenres:

New communication technologies and digital media, many folk songs were Large extent on stage performances by folk singers. Among the luminaries of the differentįolk traditions are Lalon Fokir, Radharaman Dutta, Hason Raja, Khursheed Nurali (Sheerazi), Ramesh Shill and Abbas Uddin.įolk songs are characterised by simple musical structure and words.īefore the advent of radio, entertainment in the rural areas relied on a (December 2012)įolk has come to occupy the lives of Bangladeshis almost more thanĪny other genre of Bengali music. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
