The art of rhyme
A duel of words between two rival bards.Photo: STAR
A musical soiree featuring 'Kabigaan' (light songs in the form of questions and answers between duelling bards) was held on the night of October 6 at Botiakhali bazaar premises under Sreepur upazila of Magura district.
Botiakhali Puja Celebration Committee arranged the event. The programme was arranged on the occasion of Lakshmi Puja. “Celebrating this occasion with Kabigaan has been a longstanding tradition (for the last 67 years) in this area,” said Shushanto Kumar, one of the organisers of the event.
A team led by Shyamol Kumar Mondal from Hurka village of Bagerhat district and another from Kotalipara village of Gopalganj district took part in the event which continued well into the midnight.
The performance, in the form questions and counter-questions with answers, went down exceedingly well with the audience, which had turned out in hundreds for the event.
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