রাজবংশী লোকনাট্য | বিয়ের গান | Rajbongshi Folk Theatre The term “Lok Natya” is modern but “Natya" is ancient. However, in any folk culture, these are words are not prevalent. What we specify as Lok Natya or Folk Theatre, that folk culture recognises as Gaan or song.
In the language of North Bengal’s Dinajpur, it’s called “Gaaoon.” The performers are called “Gaoondars”, “Patial”. Musical dialogues dominate in these performances, so they are called “Gaan” or “Gaoon”. Needless to say, the folk culture is primarily composed of the audience.
Sukumar Sen has proposed a meaning of the word, Natya. In his words, “Nat’er kormo” or “The activities of a Nat”. In this light, folk theater might be considered the activity of folk Nats. But when we think of Nat, we are reminded of a skilled class of people. The Nattya title is particularly reminiscent of that.
In North Bengal, there is no one class of people trained in the art of performance. Those who indulge in performances, they are called by different names-“Angiya” (Rangiya), “Osiya” (Rasiya), Gayin. They are primarily peasants and more than half are below the poverty line. From their own experiences, they compose the “Gaoon” or “Gan” or song-dance performances. All of these people belong to the same socio-cultural-geographical stratum and are strongly tied together by their creed/faith. The producers of their performance are their audiences, who belong to the socio-cultural-geographical spectrum.
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