Songs of the vernacular Muslims in Lower Assam

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Jamal Uddin Ahmed Abstract: Songs of the vernacular Muslims in lower Assam bear oral tradition since its beginning because of no such authentic documentation. Version rolls from mouth to mouth in the form of reversion. The origin of the creation of some songs loses its rightness to follow onward. Some songs lose for ever having no preservation. In spite of the fact, different forms of songs among the vernacular community exist as devotional song, lullabies, nursery songs, play-song, and labour song. With a view to record this literature, songs of all forms are to collect in bookish form. Keyword: Songs, Lower Assam, Urus Mobarak, Magon. Click here to print/download PDF of this research paper Introduction Song is a refresher for human being. Every caste and community has attraction to this art. Its feature and nature is distinct according to caste and community. Language is the mainstream to display the main theme of song. This is either vernacular or standard mode of version. Regarding songs of the vernacular spoken Muslims in lower Assam, it is remarkable to say that the language form used in the thematic version of song is Bengali. It is dialectic in form. Different forms of song are found among the vernacular spoken Muslims all over lower Assam. This present paper discusses the distinctive qualities of the song that range from devotion to emotion. Devotional Songs This form of song is related to Sufism and Shariaism. The Sufi concerned songs are led by the Peer while the S...