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Music: Amar Shonar Bangla |
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Song: Amar Sonar Bangla
Musician(s): Lyrics written and Composed by Rabindranath Tagore.
Country: Bangladesh
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More than five hundred students from Internet Learning Centers (ILCs)
throughout Bangaldesh participated in a lesson on Journalism. The
lesson covered the basics of journalism and professional writing, and
culminated in a visit to each core school by a panel of
journalists. Students concluded the lesson by publishing their
own newspapers, the first issues of which are reproduced below in Adobe Acrobat format (*.pdf).
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 In April 2005, Global Connections and Exchange Program students in
Bangladesh, Jordan and Palestine studied folk literature and
music. Students examined compared the oral tradition from their
cultures and examined what elements were common and different.
They developed a sense of what features make a particular piece
"Bengali" or "Jordanian", and identified archetypal motifs found in
many cultures.
In Bangladesh, the link between literature and music is very strong
because of the Baul tradition -- roving singers somewhat equivalent to
European bards, but with more of a mystic flair. To add a new
dimension to the lesson, Relief International – Schools Online
partnered with Pally Baul Samaj Unnayan Shangstha to bring the Baul
tradition to life at each of these schools. The orange-clad
performers who belong to this organization are dedicated to
preserving Bangladesh’s cultural heritage, and the unique
performance style of the village Bauls. Each performance was
vibrant with the sounds of traditional instruments including the
ektara, harmonium, primjora, dhol, konjoni, and bashi. The
singers gave it their all, and in turn received warm applause from each
audience.
To allow our international partners to share the experience, we
videotaped the performance and have uploaded the songs to the website
as Windows Media (*.wmv) files. Since people from different areas
have different connection speeds, there is both a high bandwidth (512
kbps) and a low bandwidth (33.8 kbps) version.
The lecture is in Bangla, so if you don't understand Bangla...well, we hope you like the music anyhow.
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