Chittagonian music
Sarwar Kamal Dept of philosophy, CU
As I originated from Chittagong, I got great chance to enjoy Chittagonian music. Most of the lyrics are relating to river, sea, boat, boatman and love. But that type of folk songs are so enriched and have strong captivating power, melodious appeal to give pleasure to all people in general. In glorious age of Chittagonian music, Shefali Ghosh, Kallyani Ghosh, Shyamsundar Baishnab were the legendary singers. The most appealing song were chuto chuto daew tuly pare, Bankkalir maji o bhai, Ore Karnafulire , and so on. Still those are bearing the Chittagonian style of life and culture.But now in the multidimensional cultural flows, glory of Chittagonian music is fading. It's really alarming for not only Chittagonian people but also for all Bangladeshis as we are going to lose our diversity of folklore and specially folksongs. So it's now high time take immediate step to nurture our Chittagonian music. I like to appeal to the music practitioners and fans of Chittagonian music to restore the glory of that, by taking care and focusing in right way.
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