Patua Gaan

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Shahnaj Husne Jahan Leena

Ed. by Niaz Zaman, Independent University Bangladesh
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

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Date of occurrence c.1500

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Bangladesh (Location; Involved)

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Music (any)
- Song

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is a genre of folk music performance given with the help of a scroll painting common to many parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. Scroll painting is one of the traditional art forms on canvas in South Asia, where a series of folk stories based on myths and legends are painted by

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[rural canvas painters]. Narrating stories through a series of paintings on palm leaves, parchment papers, or canvas, as well as on terracotta plaques and wooden planks has been practiced in Bangladesh and West Bengal since the 2nd century BCE. The thousands of terracotta plaques that line the walls of the World Heritage Site Somapura Mahavihara (Paharpur, in Naogaon district, 8th century), Vasu Vihara (Mahasthangarh, in Bogura district, 7th century), Salban Vihara (Mainamati, in Cumilla…

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Citation: Husne Jahan Leena, Shahnaj. "Patua Gaan". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 November 2020 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19584, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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