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- Title
Communicating Words and More: A study of oral traditions of Radh Bengal (including the districts of Purulia, West Mednipur and Bankura).
- Authors
Maitra, Lopamudra
- Abstract
The paper looks into the oral traditions in the form of anecdotes, riddles, poems and stories from the Radh region of the state of West Bengal, comprising of the districts of West Mednipur, Bankura and Purulia. Geographically, the expanse is composed of red laterite soil and is an extension of the Chhotanagpur plateau region. The work portrays an analysis of historical representation of data through the collection of a vast amount of folklore from the region. These not only help to ascertain a reflection of a rich tradition transmitted through generations, but also help portray the cognitive representation of socio-cultural and religious developments through history which serve as important contexts for their origination. Their survival itself is a testimony to this, a testimony conveyed, communicated and transferred through time.
- Subjects
RADHA Region (India); INDIA; FOLKLORE history; ORAL tradition; INDIC folk literature; MANNERS &; customs
- Publication
Indian Folklore Research Journal, 2010, Issue 10, p48
- ISSN
0972-6462
- Publication type
Article