Friday, April 30, 2010

Canes Craft of Bengal and Assam

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Canes or rattans are long, slender stems of certain trailing or climbing palms. In places like Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur a...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Philosophy of Tripura Tantra

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By Gopinath Kaviraj Proportionately slight effort is enough for erasing slight vasanas. He whose mind has been made pure by good deeds in ...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Jhumur and Other Culture of the Tribal People

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During the British rule in India many people(mostly tribes) from different parts of India came to Bengal and settled down permanently in her...
Monday, April 19, 2010

All We Know!!

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Anupam Paul Agril Development Officer Agril Training Centre Fulia-741402 West Bengal India The travalogue of Huang Tsang(7th century),Taver...

GUAVA-LORE OF BENGAL

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M. Bandyopadhyay, K. Chakraborti Though guava was an introduction in India in the XVIIth century A.D. by the Portuguese but it is now one o...

The oral tradition in Bengali children's rhymes

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Tagore's 'Lokashahitya' Suchismita Sen This article presents a translation and critical discussion of "Chhelebhulano Chha...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

A Chronicle of Colonial Calcutta

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THE PARLOUR AND THE STREETS Elite and Popular Culture in 19th Century Calcutta By Sumanta Banerjee Calcutta:Seagull, 1998, pp 248, Rs 395...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

Neda-nedi: vaishnava-buddhist syncretists

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The word neda indicates a man with a shaven head. Nedi means a shaven-head woman. The neda-nedi cult is said to be still visible around the ...

Folk Media

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Folk Media traditional media based on sound, image and sign language. These exist in the form of traditional music, drama, dance and puppetr...

Sahajiya a religious cult of Bengal

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Sahajiya a religious cult. Its followers believe in the sahaja or simple way to feel the sahaja or innate reality that is present in every a...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Subho Bangla Naboborsho(Happy Bangla New Year)

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Dear Patrons, Today is Bangla's New Year. We are stating Pranam and Bhalobasha to you. Biswendu for Lokfolk Team
Monday, April 12, 2010

A Letter From Our Friend

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Dear Biswendu Nanda, Just i have looked "Folk Transport of Bengal" posted on 12th April 2010. The portion you have written on ...

Folk Transport of Bengal

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Folk Transport vehicles and vessels used on land and water by communities of people. Since ancient times elephants, horses, donkeys and buff...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Oladevi(Olabibi)

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Oladevi or Olabibi is the goddess of cholera and the wife of the Asura Maya and is worshipped by people in the region of Bengal (consisting ...

Charak Puja

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Charak Puja is a very enchanting folk festival of the Southern Belt of West Bengal. It is also known as "Nil Puja". The believers ...