Society and Culture as Reflected in the Oral Literature of the Coal Mining Region/ কয়লা খনি অঞ্চলের মৌখিক সাহিত্যে প্রতিফলিত সমাজ এবং সংস্কৃতি

Abstract

In this article discuss about the oral literature. Society and culture as reflected in the Oral Literature of the coal mining region. Every place has its own culture. This culture expressed in the language, words and usage of the village population is the poetry of the joys and pains of rural life. Regional people's food habits-clothes-life struggle, Puja-Parban, folk festivals are all folk style. Proverbs, seasonal and nature sayings also influence culture. The language and culture of the three river coal industrial areas of Ajay Damodar and Barakar are different from other parts of West Bengal. Coal mining actually carries a mixed cultural heritage. Festivals like Bandna, Sharidiya Dansha, Baha, Karam have been going on for a long time among the tribal-Santals, the original inhabitants of the region. Therefore, the language, song or oral literature of the region has a place for multilingual people. Common people's interest in coal mining is constant. Workers associated with the hard life of mining try to find their happiness as nature changes. Music is the medium of that joy. This is how the oral literature of the coal mining region is reflected through folk rhymes and songs.