Bangladesh : Independence and Music
The music of Bangladesh is very upbeat and complex. I’d never searched or aimed to listen to music from Bangladesh before do I had no clue what to expect. I wanted to understand the country’s history before I tried to describe the culture or music. After so much research, I discovered that Bangladesh wasn’t always independent. In 1971 Bangladesh gained its independence from Pakistan after the Bangladesh liberation war. This was the beginning of Bangladesh known today. As you can guess a lot of culture in Bangladesh extends from Pakistan. the reason Bangladesh broke away was because of oppression, war, and mass genocide of the people, also famine. the following video contains a brief history of Bangladesh. On to the music... Some of the most common instruments of Bangladesh are the Sitar, Violin, Flutes Harmonium, and Esraj, which is a traditional Bengali instrument. The sitar is a string instrument, sort of like ...