Sylhet Gitika

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{{Short description|Collection of Sylhet folk tales}}

{{culture of Sylhet}}

Sylhet Gitika ({{langx|syl|ꠍꠤꠟꠐ ꠉꠤꠔꠤꠇꠣ}}, {{langx|bn|সিলেট গীতিকা|lit=Sylhet Ballads}}) is the folklore of Sylhet region including the oral narrative poetry, stories, fables, etc. The source of Sylhet Gitika is considered to be the daily lifestyle of the ancient people of Sylhet region, the livelihood of the indigenous people, feudal system of governance, rural folklore, emotional feelings, love-separation, war and humanity. According to the list given by Professor Asaddor Ali, 120 folk tales have been included in the Sylhet Gitika.{{cite book|title=সিলেট গীতিকাঃ সমাজ ও সংস্কৃতি|author=ডঃ আবুল ফতেহ ফাত্তাহ|language=bn|date=Feb 2005|pages=33–56}} The lyric poems collected by Chandra Kumar De from Mymensingh, Netrokona, Sylhet, Faridpur, Dhaka, Noakhali and Tripura with the efforts of Dr. Dinesh Chandra Sen, Ashutosh Chaudhury and many others were published gradually from Calcutta University as Purbabanga Gitika and Maimansingha Gitika.{{cite book|title=ময়মন সিংহ গীতিকা বনাম সিলেট গীতিকা |author=Professor Asaddor Ali|language=bn|publisher=জালালাবাদ লোকসাহিত্য পরিষদ সিলেট|date=1997|pages=12–15}}{{cite web|title=Loko Natyadal hosts Mymensingh Geetika festival|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2014/sep/25/loko-natyadal-hosts-mymensingh-geetika-festival|access-date=26 February 2015}}{{cite web|title=East Bengal Ballet – Purbabanga-Gitika|url=http://sos-arsenic.net/lovingbengal/purbo.html|access-date=26 February 2015}} Besides, Chowdhury Gulam Akbar selected 10 lyric poems from Bangla Academy in 1986 and published them together as Sylhet Gitika.{{cite book|title= সিলেট বিভাগের ইতিবৃত্ত: প্রাচীন লোকসাহিত্য|author=Muhammad Muminul Haq|language=bn|date=Sep 2001|page=354}}{{cite book|title=Syed Mustafa Kamaler Itihas Aitihya, Sahitya Sangskriti Chinta|author=Dr Muhammad Muminul Haq|editor=Nabil Mumin|publisher=Centre for Bangladesh Research UK|date=Jul 2005}}