Bangladesh · Folktales and oral traditions
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Bangladesh
- Tales
- 1
- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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Mahua, collected around Mymensingh, belongs to a Bengali tradition of long narrative ballads. The Atlas locates the collecting area in present-day Bangladesh. The 1923 publication in Calcutta shows how far the place of publication can be from the community that kept a ballad alive.
Tales in the Atlas
Mahua and Nader Chand
1923 · Dinesh Chandra Sen / Chandra Kumar De · Maimansingha Gitika · Mahua
Tales found across countries
No tales linked to multiple countries are listed for this country yet.