The living cultures in West Bengal are the cultures of a fertile soil and of a land of mysticism. The contemporary culture in West Bengal is flourishing.
Since, the “Charyapada”, the first specimen of Bengali literature, the writing in West Bengal enriched with the contribution by the Vaisnava poets. Rabindranath Tagore, the icon of the renaissance of Bengali literature gave birth to a new era in Bengali literature. Today Bengali literature is diverse and rich with several contemporary writers.
Music has a long history in Bengal. The music forms emanating from the soil of Bengal are Rabindra Sangeet, songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore. Nazrul Geeti are songs composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, the great poet of Bengal. Shyamasangeet are devotional songs. Jibonmukhi are songs depicting real life. The recent entry to the music of Bengal is the songs of Bangla bands, which rocks the young hearts with witty lyric and innovative tunes. Some of the famous Bangla bands are Chandrabindu, Bhumi, Cactus and Sahar. The folk music of Bengal is rich. Baul songs are popular folk songs of Bengal.
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