LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:9 September 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Folk Songs of Pagla Kanai: A Critique of Non-Sectarianism

Hussain Ahmed Liton, M.A.

Abstract

The focus of this paper is to investigate the Non-Sectarian philosophy reflected in the folk songs of the Bengali poet Pagla Kanai. This paper unearths the oral tradition of Kanai’s songs, mysticism, influence of his songs and philosophy in relation to the socio-cultural and historical context of contemporary Bangladesh. This study examines the issue based on primary and secondary sources. Finally, this paper reflects a new dimension in the arena of musicology and Bengali folk culture and literary criticism.

Keywords: culture, folklore, non-sectarianism, mystical songs, tradition

Introduction

Bangladesh is a living museum of folklore and traditional culture. That’s why; it is lovingly called a country of green paddy fields, melodious songs and innumerable rivers and rivulets. This, though, seems like a poetic exaggeration today, was in fact, a truism yesterday. This wonderful country of ours had and still has a treasure house of rich and varied folksongs and folk poets.

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Hussain Ahmed Liton, M.A.
Lecturer
English Language Centre
Jazan University
Jazan, P.O. Box-114
K.S.A
ju.ksa09@hotmail.com
husal@jazanu.edu.sa
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