The first National Palagan Festival, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) has begun at the Baul Kunja on the BSA premises on Sunday evening.
The inaugural ceremony of the festival was held on the BSA premsies on Sunday evening. Presided over by Director General of BSA Liaquat Ali Lucky, State Minister for Cultural Affairs attended the inaugural ceremony as chief guest. Secretary of BSA Salahuddin Ahmed delivered the welcome speech at the opening ceremony.
After the inaugural ceremony, baul artistes Arif Dewan and Lipi Sarkar presented palagan ‘Guru Shishya’.
Palagan, a popular genre of Bengali folk music, has taken a deep root in the hearts of our common people in the rural areas. With the participation of 140th palagan troupe, BSA has organised the 12-day long ‘Gono Jagoroner Palagan Utsab 2023’ at the 64 district of the country.
Palagan is usually presented to the audience in the form of arguments embodied in the songs sung by two folk singers on a stage by turns (Boyatis or Bauls) assisted by their respective group of pasdohars (young assistant singers or musicians or choristers who sing in chorus alongside the lead singer).
