Write a letter to your Foreign friend telling him about the folk songs of Bangladesh.

Write a letter to your Foreign friend telling him about the folk songs of Bangladesh.

District : Dhaka

25 November, 2015

Dear friend Shovon,

How are you? I am well. In your last letter you wanted to know about the folk songs og Bangladesh. Well, now I am telling you. Folk has come to occupy the lives of Bangladeshis almost more than any other genre of Bengali music. Among the luminaries of the different folk traditions are Lalon Fokir, Radharaman Dutta, Hason Raja, Khursheed Nurali (Sheerazi), Ramesh Shill and Abbas Uddin. Baul mainly inspired by Lalon Fokir and almost exclusively performed by hermits. Besides Folk songs such as Bhandari, Bhatiali, Bhawaiya, Dhamail, Jari, Sari, Gombhira, Ghazal, Lalon. Folk songs are characterised by simple musical structure and words. Before the advent of radio, entertainment in the rural areas relied on a large extent on stage performances by folk singers.

No more today. Take care of yourself. With the best regard to your parents.

Your loving friend

Shuvo