Shakespeare in Pala gaan: A bilingual production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Mukul Ahmed (inset) of London, was recently staged at Gandhi Bhavan, Jadavpur University. Organised by the school ...

Jacob Baroi grew up watching his father and uncles performing popular Pala Gaan (folk music plays) at their village in southern Bangladesh. Pala Gaan uses recitation, music, acting and dance to tell ...

Thirteen-year-old Alpana Parveen, a fast rising Pala Gaan and baul singer, has won many hearts in Jhenidah and neighbouring districts. A class six student of Miakundo Government Primary School in ...

Veteran Baul singer, Aruj Ali is a Lalon devotee and an enlisted artiste of several TV channels of the country. He renders Baul songs at Bangla Academy and Shilpakala academy at regular intervals. Ali ...

A Catholic diocese in Bangladesh has featured religious folk music during an annual spiritual gathering as part of an effort to save this popular tradition from extinction. Two Pala Gaan (folk musical ...

SHAKESPEARE meets Bollywood – now there’s a thought! TARA, the cross-cultural theatre group, does exactly that in The People’s Romeo, retelling Romeo and Juliet through Pala Gaan, the dynamic ...

The oft told tale of Romeo and Juliet is given a new lease of life here when combined with Pala Gaan, a popular form of storytelling native to Bangladesh, which incorporates music, song and dance into ...