"Clad in the conventional Bengali red-bordered saree along with big red bindi, gajra and alta on her hands, Sonakshi will be seen doing the famous Bengali folk dance 'Jhumur'," said a statement. Sinha ...

Katha Dance Theatre, the Midwest’s only professional company rooted in the classical dance of North India, celebrates the 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth by presenting the Nobel ...

In the history of Bengali folk music, Baul, Kirtan, Bhatiali and Bhawaiya songs have been revived and re-used the most. But Bengali folk is a rich labyrinth of melodies and cultures — there are ...

Dance can be the simplest and yet, most effective form of communication in human life. In the heart of West Bengal’s Purulia district, generations of Chhau dancers know this to be true. “I have ...

Dressed in a red and white lehenga, Genelia Deshmukh has won every Bengali heart as she plays ektara, a traditional folk music instrument, and dances on the popular Bengali Baul song, 'Piriti ...

The Tollygunge Academy of Folklore organised its annual two-day international seminar and convocation on 29 and 30 March. Hosted at the Jadavpur University, the theme of this year’s seminar focused on ...