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<p>Content Updated.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Tarja&#039;&#039;&#039; a kind of folk song in question-and-answer format. It resembles [[Kavigan|kavigan]] in presentation but is simpler and shorter than that. The tarja has come down from ancient times but it was made popular by two kaviyals, poets- Madhu Thakur and Tarak Pal - in the first half of the 19th century. It is suggested by some that the word, tarja, is derived from the Arabic tarjiband, meaning the stave of a poem that is repeated. In a tarja performance two groups, each with its kaviyal and his associates, face each other. The session begins with an invocation to the gods, including the goddess of learning, [[Saraswati|saraswati]], followed by a salutation to the audience. The performance is divided into chapan, question, and utor, answer, sessions, with one kaviyal asking a question and the other answering it. From time to time, drums and brass plates are beaten. [Mobarak Hossain Khan]<br /> <br /> [[bn:তরজা]]</div>

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