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According to Somali gabay dhaanto was believed to have been created by the nomadic Ogaden/Jidwaaq and Marreexaan clans. The origin of dhaanto could be traced back to Gödey Somali region of Ethiopia. The dhaanto dance-song was revived in the early 20th century and it was used to raise the 'spirits' of soldiers and was often sung on horseback.
Bharata Bhagya Bidhata (Bengali: ভারত ভাগ্য বিধাতা, lit. 'Dispenser of India's destiny') is a five-stanza Brahmo hymn in Bengali. [1] It was composed and scored by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1913. The first stanza of the song has been adopted as the National Anthem of India. [2] [3] [4]
Khandana Bhava–Bandhana, [a] Sri Ramakrishna Aratrikam, [1] or Sri Ramakrishna Arati [2] ("Breaker of this world’s chain"), [3] is a Bengali song composed by Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The song, dedicated to the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna , [ 6 ] was composed in 1898.
Dwijendralal Ray (19 July 1863 – 17 May 1913), also known as D. L. Ray, was a Bengali poet, playwright, and musician. [1] [2] He was known for his Hindu mythological and nationalist historical plays and songs known as Dwijendrageeti or the Songs of Dwijendralal, which number over 500, create a separate subgenre of Bengali music.
The song and dance is mainly performed by the womenfolk during marriages and other auspicious occasions. The ladies moves in circle, clapping their hands to the beat of the music. The songs are first sung by the leader and then the others join the chorus. The lyrics mainly relate to Shyam (Krishna) and Radha.
The word amar refers to the possessive first-person singular ' my ' or ' (of) mine '; the word sonar is the adjectival form of the root word sona, meaning ' gold '; and the word sonar, which literally translates as ' golden ' or ' made of gold ', is used as a term of endearment meaning ' beloved ', but in the song, the words Sonar Bangla may be interpreted to express the preciousness of Bengal.
Radharaman Dutta (Bengali: রাধারমণ দত্ত; 1834 – 1915), also spelt as Radha Raman Dutta, was an influential Bengali musician and poet. A prominent member of the Bauls, Dutta's body of work has led him to be considered as the "Father of Dhamail songs". [1]
Gitanjali (Bengali: গীতাঞ্জলি, lit. ''Song offering'') is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for its English translation, Song Offerings, making him the first non-European and the first Asian and the only Indian to receive this honour. [1]