Khulna

Khulna is a division of Bangladesh. The archive holds 24 recordings, 3 artists and 4 traditions from here.

BD4024 recordings

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Recordings

Mahfuzul Alom Milon sings Khoda Baksh Sai’s song about Benarasi Sadhu, an ascetic who sat in his shrine in…
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We start to see the photos and letters with Shibda.
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Shibda looks at the group photo of the Bakes with Kshitimohan’s family.
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We discuss the wooden ferris wheel and talk about melas.
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Shibda very beautifully analyses the photo of the old guest house of Visva Bharati, near the post office,…
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There is a mention of Mansooruddin in Annada Sankar Ray’s letter, which gets us talking about the song…
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What was it like for a Kabirpanthi to join this university of Brahmo practitioners? I ask Shibda.
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Shibda also tells us that it was Kshitimohan who had taught the Atharva Veda to Rabindranath.
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While Shibda makes tea, we look at this curious photograph and wonder what might be going on here.
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Song received from Soumya Chakravarti and uploaded with permission from Richard Salomon
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Finally, Salamotbhai sang a song of Khoda Baksh Sai, ‘Tumi chhile ektara hole ektara’
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I ask Shibda about how Kshtimohan Sen came to Santiniketan and he tells the story of his grandfather becoming…
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We read Kshtimohan’s 1955 letter to Bake.
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We read Annadasankar Ray’s letter to Kshitimohan, written at this same time when Bake was preparing to come to…
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In the course of this evening we had read a letter that Lila Ray, the American writer and wife of Annada…
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Cassette1 – SideA
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Cassette1 – SideB
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Cassette2 – SideA
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Cassette2 – SideB
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The exchange between Salamotbhai, Nazrul, and Milonbhai was at the level of high art that evening.
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Nazrul Fokir sings a song of Khoda Baksh Sai and Salamotbhai explains the physiognomic reasons for the…
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The reasons for calling this sub-chapter Sadhushongo (in the company of/learning by association with the sadhu…
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I met ethnomusicologist Felix van Lamsweerde (1934-2021) in his home in Santpoort Zuid.
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There were bits of things tucked into the notebooks and I was so fascinated to think of the people behind…
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Artists of this area

Bijoy Sarkar
1903–1985
Fakir Lalon Shah
1772–1890
Pagla Kanai
1809–1889

Forms heard here

Endangered · provisional
Gazir gan
গাজীর গান
1 recording
Vulnerable · provisional
Jatra songs
যাত্রাগান
1 recording
Endangered · provisional
Manasamangal
মনসামঙ্গল / মনসার গান
1 recording
Vulnerable · provisional
Puthi recitation
পুঁথিপাঠ
1 recording