Kavigan
Kavigan, Kobi Gaan, Kobi Lorai or Kabigan (Bengali: কবিগান) is a form of Bengali folk performance wherein folk poets sing and perform. A verbal duel among the poets, this mystic minstrels art was popular with rural folk form in nineteenth century in Bengal region, which includes the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh.. The mythological themes from both Hindu and Muslims religious texts were commonly used for Kobi Gaan.
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| Native name | কবি গান |
| Stylistic origins | Bengali folk song |
| Cultural origins | British India |
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