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Young Sing Bajna (a kind of musical performance) artists of Sarpal, Paschim Medinipur, P.S. – Kharagpur. This is one of the ancestral professions of the Jetor people.

A section of the Jetor community holds a profound reverence towards termite mounds, worshipping them as sacred manifestations of divine power. It is believed that a folk goddess embodies the termite mound on the wall of a living room. The holes and…

Jetors have their own priests (Bamuns). Nowadays priests are sometimes invited from outside their community, but in olden times their own priest used to perform Puja and related rites.

Jetor artist Rupali Ghorai of Goaldanga, P.S. – Gurguripal, Paschim Medinipur is singing Tusu song. Another Tusu artist is seen dancing.

Jetor Tusu artist Dulu Maity performing along with Khori Mahar, another Tusu singer of Sankhakhulya of P.S. – Lalgarh, Jhargram district.

Jetor artist Sri Ananda Mahar of Budra, P.S. – Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur, is playing on the Sanai (Clarinet). Sanai is one of the instruments the Jetors play in their Bai- Bajna performance.

It began after sundown in Borotalpada, a remote Santhali village in the district of Jhargram in West Bengal, India. It seemed one has come to the end of the world. A dusky path lined on either side with sal and mahua trees opened onto a sort of…

The complete original Bengali text of the puppet song 'Krishnaleela' ('The Mischiefs of Lord Krishna'), accompanied by an IPA transcription of the same.

The complete original Bengali text of the puppet song - 'On Education and Its Importance in Daily Life', accompanied by an IPA transcription of the same.

Patua Pala or Patachitra, commonly known as pata is one of the most popular yet endangered performing art forms of Bengal. It usually comprises painting and an adjunct folk song. Various mythical stories are depicted on a piece of cloth, known as…