Rabindra Jayanti or Poncheeshe Boishakh is
celebrated to pay the homage to the great scholar of Kolkata,
Rabindra Nath Tagore. Rabindra Jayanti is one of the most locally
popular festival of Kolkata. The festival is celebrated on 8th or
9th day of the month May every year. The festival is marked by a
number of cultural shows and performances throughout the city of
Kolkata.
Rabindra Jayanti has gained a lot of popularity in the state of
West Bengal and beyond. The festival provides a platform for the
budding artists and literary person, in various cultural shows that
are organized in the state during the mentioned dates. Music, skits,
dramas, traditional songs and dances are performed in institutes and
theatres, followed by the distribution of awards. The festival has
become a part of the local culture of Kolkata.
Rabindra Nath Tagore is one of the few Indian personalities to be
awarded Nobel Prize. His literary works, including the master piece
Gitanjali, has won world wide acclamations. R.N.Tagore is considered
as one of the greatest Indian scholars of 20th century. His works
reflect a unique blend of Indian poetry and spiritual mysticism. The
ideas of great scholarly works produced by Tagore are rooted in the
Hindu sacred book Vedas and Upanishads. Through the medium of short
stories, novels and theatre, the great scholar was successful to
preserve the cultural identity of India.
There is a definite form of music that has been attributed to the
cultural icon gaining popularity in the region. The music, called as
Rabindra-Sangeet, is a mixture of Indian classic music and popular
folklore of Bengal. These performances receive a great attention and
accreditation during the festival and the performers receive the
patronage. In more simpler terms Rabindra Jayanti is both a test and
the celebration of results.
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