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Traditional knowledge of agriculture in Bengali folk songs

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Title Traditional knowledge of agriculture in Bengali folk songs
 
Creator Alam, Shehanaz
Basu, Debabrata
Gorai, Shuvam
 
Subject Compendium
Content analysis
Explicit knowledge
Folk songs
Tacit knowledge
 
Description 346-352
India is a rich repository of cultural heritage and diversity, with a significant portion consisting of traditional folk songs.
West Bengal has no exception and has got a wide variety of folk songs in every district of the state. This research has been
conducted to identify the folk song relevant to agriculture and farmer’s livelihood by understanding the contents with
respect to themes. Emphasis has been rendered to explore the agricultural messages implied in the folk songs and to delve
into any possibility to employ the folk songs as a tool for transfer of agricultural technologies. The research has been
conducted by creating a compendium of the Bengali folk songs related to agriculture with experts’ assistance. These songs
were analyzed by applying content analysis and represented in tabular forms depicting knowledge items with quantification.
Since folk songs relevant to agriculture were considered, most of the songs belonged to the category of Karmasangeet (work
song), followed by Tusu, Bhadu, Mahipal, Mecheni and others. Some of the songs carry traditional agricultural knowledge
on cropping sequence, intercultural operation, plant protection, planting times, etc. Folk songs, whose primary idea was born
to express the inner state of mind and break the monotony, can also be used for transforming the tacit knowledge into
explicit one. Agricultural Extension, as a discipline, can very well employ the traditional folk media to impregnate the
remotest of Indian villages with new technologies keeping intact the entertainment component.
 
Date 2024-04-18T06:33:13Z
2024-04-18T06:33:13Z
2024-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/63794
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v23i4.10324
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.24: G16Y 10/05
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJTK Vol.23(4) [April 2024]