Music of Bangladesh
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The music of Bangladesh spans a wide variety of styles. Historically, Bangladeshi music has served to document the lives of the people and was widely patronized by rulers. It comprises a long traditio
Painting depicting Hason Raja
Tamak (right) and Tumdak (left) — typical drums of the Santhal people, photographed in a village in Dinajpur district, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
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Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world with a population of almost 177.8 million people within an a
Music of Bangladesh
…songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore. They have distinctive characteristics in the music of Bengal and remain popular in both India and Bangladesh. "Sangeet" means music, hence "Rabindra Sangeet" translates to "Music of Rabindra." Rabindra Sangeet draws on Indian classical music and traditional…
A woman in Dhaka clad in fine Bengali muslin, 18th century
A photo from space showing the pollution over Bangladesh
Flooding after the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, which killed around 140,000 people
A Bengal tiger, the national animal, in the Sundarbans