Bengal’s jatra industry, which was hit hard by the pandemic like most other aspects of life, is finally gearing up to get back on its feet after the state government allowed the folk theatres to ...

Veteran jatra artiste, director and writer Milon Kanti Dey, a towering figure in Bangladesh’s folk theatre, died on Saturday (February 7) at his residence in Kalishahar, Patiya upazila of Chattogram.

For us humans to see, to hear and to feel can never be enough, for experience is meaningless without expression. It is the primeval, instinctive impulse to share one's inner visions, emotions and ...

For over 20 years, Jatra Biroti has been taking us on a journey of all things Bangladeshi. From clothes, local crafts to food it is a celebration of Bengali culture. They support vegetarianism, ...

A couple of months ago, the internet witnessed the resurfacing of Ritwik Ghatak’s short film Amar Lenin, rescued by the British Film Institute from the archives and subsequently restored and released ...

Although this highly traditional medium of entertainment faces threats from modern theatre and other forms of entertainment, the story of this specific journey, and the way it has served the ...

Flashes of light, deafening music, a flourish of drums and then, silence. Next, half a dozen men and women enter with candles in hand. They punch the air even as the sound boxes begin to play the ...