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DEATH-ANNIVERSARY (With Picture)
Folk singer Bijoy Sarker’s death anniversary tomorrow
NARAIL, December 3, 2020 (BSS)- The 35th death anniversary of renowned Folk Singer, Bard poet ‘Ekushey Padak’ acheiver ‘Bijoy Sarker’ tomorrow (Friday).
Placing of floral wreaths at the singer Bijoy Sarker’s portrait will be held on the day. Other programmes would not observe due to corona virus.
Bijoy Sarker was born in Dumdi village under Narail sadar upazila on 20 February in 1903. He wrote 1,800 songs especially Jari, Sari, Kirton,Vhajan,Vatiali which hit the headlines in the folk song world much before he was known as a singer to the people of his homeland.
He also wrote many poems. Leading a very simple life, the selfless singer spent most of his life completely engrossed in Harmonium, Dram, Khol and Bashi. He is very simple but highly philosophic songs which reveled in nature and the people of Bangladesh, has become the prime source of inspiration for the new generation of singers.
Bijoy Sarker, a legendary singer of Bangladesh awarded Ekushey Padak in 2013, he died at Keutia in Kolkata of west Bengal on December 4, 1985.
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