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Traditional folk songs at Indian Cultural Centre

Mainul Hassan
As part of their monthly programme. Indian High Commission held a musical soiree, featuring traditional Bengali folk songs at the Indian Cultural Centre in Gulshan on June 12.
Renowned folk singer duo Kiran Chandra Roy and Chandana Majumder performed at the programme.
“Programmes like this aims at promoting cultural interaction between the people of Bangladesh and India. Even though we are separated by borders, we share many cultural commonalities," said Deepak Mittal, first secretary. High Commission of India in Dhaka.
“We try to hold at least one programme each month, usually on Fridays,” he added.
About the evening's performance, Mittal said, “Baul songs are an integral part of Bengali culture, the songs are equally loved here and in West Bengal.”
The first artiste to perform was Chandana Majumder. The artiste began her performance with a spiritual Lalon song, “Khanchar bhitor achin pakhi."
“I’ve always been fascinated by the timeless creations of Lalon. His songs possess an amazing
power and a message of humanity,” said Chandana Majumder.
Next she performed the ever familiar, "Teen pagol-er holo mela.” The song received a warm response from the audience.
Chandana performed three more Lalon songs — "Monrey bujhaitey amar,” "Guru amarey ki rakhbey korey chorondashi," and “Aar amarey marish ney ma.”
Radha Raman holds a place of importance in our folk/mystic music. At the programme, Chandana performed two Radha Raman songs — "Keno gorai kanditcchho pagolini hoiya,” and "Bondhu doyamoy,” the title track of Chandana's latest album.
Next on stage was Kiron Chandra Roy. Attired in tradition 'gerua' baul costume, Kiron opened his performance with a devotional piece, "Agyano timiro hey guru nash koro.”
Next he sang a composition of Kobial Bijoy Sharkar, "Ei prithibi jemon achhey."
At the event Kiron performed songs of many regions of Bengal — a brief demonstration of how opulent Bengali folk music is.
“If a contest can be held between our folk songs and the contemporary rock/pop songs, and if it is held properly then the outcome is very simple -- our folk music is sure to triumph over other genres. Our folk music genre is magnificently enriched, but due to lack of glamour it is often subjected to lack of exposure," said Kiron.
Kiron also performed a traditional song from Chittagong, “Gailey boiragir geet gaiyo,” written by Askar Ali Shaikh.
A charged rendition of “Takdum takdum bajey Bangladesher dhol,” made famous by Shachin Dev Burman, took the audience by storm.
u Ollier .soqgs performed by Kiron included -i"Rangeela jangeela," “Dui shofTn’-er'ghor afiiTRadha Raman number,’ “Amar jemon beni temni robey.”
The programme ended with a group performance by Kiron Chandra Roy, his daughter Shatabdi and his wife Chandana . The trio performed the evergreen folksong, “Shadher lau," written by OkhilThakur.