Traditional folk music of different regions across the country drew huge audience on the opening of the two-day folk music festival in the
Chhayanaut auditorium on Thursday afternoon.
The festival titled Desh Ghorer Gaan has been organised by Chhayanaut as a belated celebration of its founder Wahidul Haque’s birth anniversary,
which falls on March 16.Artistes from different districts presented traditional music, synchronised dance accompanied by local musical instruments creating a joyous atmosphere for the listeners.
The first on stage were Urmi Das and Maloy Chakraborty from Sunamganj, who presented evergreen songs of legendary bard Hason Raja. Maloy Chakraborty, in his powerful, melodious voice, sang Kanai tumi khel khelao kene and Ogo bor-er ma. Urmi Das, on the other hand, revealed the simplicity and splendour of Hason Raja’s music as she presented Baula k banailo rey, Agun lagaiya dilo kone and Nisha lagilo rey in her mellifluous voice.
Kazi Bachchu and his group from Rajshahi presented traditional Barosia song at the porgramme. Kazi Sultan Mahmud, one of the members of the troupe, presented barui gaancher tarulata well-coordinated with local instruments like harmonium, table and flute.
One could feel the sadness of separation from the beloved one when Samina Yasmin presented Jaiyo na jaiyo na bandhu bidesher-o kaaje. Restlessness of a young woman for her beloved was reflected in Jinnat Ara Mim’s voice as she presented Chhokra bandhu rey tore chhara ei pran roy na ghorey.
Shimul Shil and his troupe presented a few devotional Maigbhandari songs of the Chittagong including Ore ajob khel kemon and Jato moha muni monishi.
The traditional nuptial songs and dances presented by the small ethnic community Orang captured the viewers. Female artistes danced and sang in Orang language while the male artistes played dhols.
Mangal Chandra Mandal and his troupe from Faridpur also received loud applauses from the audience through their performance of Padaboli Pala Kirtan at the show.
Hall full of audience enjoyed the show. ‘The show revealed the cultural heritages that were not known to me previously,’ observed Asif, a student of Daffodil University, to New Age.
-With New Age input
