Bhawaiya

Bhawaiya

Bhawaiya ( _bn. ভাওয়াইয়া) is a musical form popular in Northern Bangladesh, especially Rangpur District and in North Bengal specially in Cooch behar District and Jalpaiguri District. This type of song is sung by the coachman. They sing this song while driving their cow drawn cart. These songs depict the will and woe of the common people.


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