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@article{187282,
        author = {Dr. Jayanta Kumar Barman and Pradip Byapari},
        title = {Folk Songs of Bengal Performed by Women: A Glimpse},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {4423-4428},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=187282},
        abstract = {Folk music is a regular traditional music genre. This music evolves over time. The subjects of folk music are enriched with natural resources, so when natural resources change, the traditional form and performance of folk music changes. Folk music can be said to be a base for various behaviors of society, ceremonies, problem solving, activities, worship, festivals, various customs and traditions of people from birth to death. Bengali refers to certain regions of Bengal and beyond. Although many folk songs have disappeared over time, these topics or folk genres are still more or less present in Bengali folk music. These particular folk genres are traditionally studied, sometimes by men, sometimes by women, sometimes individually and sometimes in groups. Folk songs studied by women give a different message for the welfare of society. They keep the society in order and inform it about some of the rules and regulations of the society. The entry of women into Bengali folk music has been there since ancient times and is still present today. Folk music, which has been practiced for a long time by women, has been used for the welfare of society from time to time, but it seems that the pace has slowed down a bit at present. Folk music, which has been practiced by women, needs to be discovered through research and introduced to the next generation. It is important to write down the folk music obtained from the research in written form, which can be a documentary document for the next generation of researchers.},
        keywords = {Folk song, Bengal},
        month = {November},
        }