Gombhira

{{short description|Traditional Bengalese song form}}

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| stylistic_origins = Chapainawabganj, Maldah District

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{{Music of West Bengal}}

{{Music of Bangladesh}}

{{Music of Bengal}}

Gombhira, Gambhira or Gamvira ({{Langx|bn|গম্ভীরা}}) is a type of Bengali folk song and dance originating in the Bengal region, from what is known today as northwestern Bangladesh and north eastern West Bengal, India.{{cite book |last1=Bangladesh. Calaccitra o Prakāśana Bibhāga |title=Bangladesh Quarterly, Volume 8 |date=1988 |publisher=University of California |pages=4–8}}{{cite book |author1=A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed |author-link1=A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed |author2=Bazlul Mobin Chowdhury |title=Bangladesh, national culture, and heritage: an introductory reader |date=2004 |publisher=Independent University, Bangladesh |pages=407–410 |isbn=978-984-8509-00-5}}{{cite book |last1=Don Rubin |last2=Chua Soo Pong |last3=Ravi Chaturvedi |last4=Minoru Tanokura |last5=Ramendu Majundar |title=The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific |date=2001 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9780415260879 |pages=78–86}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-93439|title=Mango festival and cultural programme in Chapainawabganj|work=The Daily Star|date=20 June 2009 |access-date=2016-04-02}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/rajshahi-university-school-college-wins-divisional-round-36391|title=Rajshahi University School, College wins divisional round|work=The Daily Star|date=9 August 2014 |access-date=2016-04-02}}

In West Bengal (India), gombhira performances are centred around the Malda District whereas Chapai Nawabganj District is the main centre of Gambhira performances in Bangladesh. The tradition is also popular in the nearby districts of Rajshahi and Naogaon. It is performed with a particularly distinctive rhythm and dance with two performers, always personifying a man and his maternal grandfather, discussing a topic to raise social awareness.