Alkap

Alkap (Bengali: আলকাপ) is a Bengali folk dance popular in the districts of Murshidabad, Malda and Birbhum in West Bengal and Chapai Nawabganj, Rajshahi in Bangladesh.[1] It has also spread to the adjoining areas of Jharkhand and Bihar such as Dumka and Purnia.[2]

Etymology

Kaap means 'kavya' (verse) and Aal means 'part of the verse'.[2] Another meaning of the word Aal is 'sharp'. The word Kaap is also one of the many meanings of 'sam' (সং) - a distorted form of gesture in the arena, or an image of a humorous comedian or social ugly subject.[3]

Form

Alkap is an amalgamation of music, dance and theatrical presentation. An alkap group of ten to twelve performers is led by a sarkar (master) or guru (leader) and includes two or three young men called chhokras[check spelling], one or two gayens or singers, dohar, choristers, and musicians. Alkap is presented in five parts: Asar Vandana, Chhora, Kaap, Baithaki Gaan and Khemta Pala. The programme is a reflection of rural society and puts the focus on the prevailing socio-economic condition of the rural masses.[1][2]

Syed Mustafa Siraj's novel Mayamrdanga is about an Alkap team.

Narayan Gangopadhyay's novel Baitalik features Alkap too, as Siraj mentions in the introduction to his first edition of Mayamridanga.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Ahmed, Wakil. "Alkap Gan". Banglapedia. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Sudkhor". The Telegraph, 18 July 2003. Retrieved 22 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ Ghosh, Binoy, Paschim Banger Sanskriti, (in Bengali), Volume III, First Edition, Prakash Bhawan, Page 69.
  4. ^ Siraj, Syed Mustafa (2005). Mayamridanga [Mayamridanga] (in Bengali) (5th ed.). Kolkata: Dey's Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 9788129526656.

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