Songs of legendary folk bards like Fakir Lalon Shah, Hason Raja, Radha Raman and Shah Abdul Karim are quite popular to the urban audience as these songs are presented every now and then by different artistes on radio,
television or live stage shows.
But there many other commendable bards, born in this region, who created numerous moving songs, seldom sung by singers and therefore quite unknown to audience.
Some of such less known songs by unheard bards were rendered at a programme at the Music and Dance Centre Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. The programme was organised by Lokangan Sangskritik Sanghathan in celebration of its second founding anniversary.
Most of the urban people might not be familiar with the name of Kuti Mansur, a folk bard whose songs possess enormous charm, depth and melody. Such a song Sabdhane Chalao Tori Baiya was presented by the artistes of Lokangan in a chorus performance at the programme. The song is simple in its lyrics and composition, but, still, it exerted a profound impact on the packed audience who listened to the song in pin drop silence.
Man’s relation with god, portrayal of rural nature and depiction of life of the village people are what mostly constitute the lyrics of these folk songs. The tunes are also at par with the lyrics.
The programme featured songs of folk bards like Bhoba Pagla, Durbin Shah, Jalal Khan, Mohammad Abdul Karim, Rakib Shah, Sirajul Islam Bhuiyan, Dwij Das, Kanai Lal Shil, Lokman Hossain Fakir, and a few others.
Earlier, a discussion session was held at the programme where Ranajit Kumar Biswas, secretary of cultural affairs ministry, attended as the chief guest in presence of Liaquat Ali Lucky, director general of the academy, and Kazi Akhter Uddin Ahmed, director general of Bangladesh Radio, as special guests. The programme was presided over by Narayan Chandra Shil, president of Lokangan Sangskritik Sanghatan.
-With New Age input
