Barisal jelar loksahitya.

• Author: Das, Rahul Peter

As any researcher knows, an important source of Baul songs are collections gathered in the field. It is especially East Bengali scholars who have distinguished or are distinguishing themselves in this regard; one particularly indefatigable collector, who has also been instrumental in saving the songs of several very important Bauls from oblivion, is Saikat Asgar. He has recently brought out collections of the folk literature of Manikganj,(17) Barishal,(18) and Narayanganj,(19) either alone or with a collaborator. Among the copious...