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All literatures stretch an unmapped and immeasurable world of oral tradition
which may roughly be called Folklore. As in other countries in the world in
Bengal also we can find an enormous amount of influence of folklore on old and
modern Bengali literature. It has now become proverbial that "Shakespeare is
not Shakespeare without folklore". If one is to analyze and understand the
Bengali literature, it is therefore", necessary that he should be familiar with the
folkloric heritage of the country." I belief this paper, however, will endeavour to
give a short historical background of folklore scholarship and its prospect in
Bangladesh, Pakistan and other states of South Asia. The abundant folklore of
present-day Bangladesh, and Pakistan, therefore, contains a variety of elements,
which is partly to be explained by historical forces. From the third century A.D.
the Mouryas, the Guptas, the Palas, the Senas and the Muslims came one after
another to rule the land and they grafted their ways of life and culture traits on
the indigenous population. Subsequently Portuguese, French and English ships
anchored in the harbours of Bengal, and left not only their merchandise but also
their customs. Among these foreign traders, the British became most powerful
and were able to consolidate their authority at the expense of the fading empire
of the Mughals. The battle of Plassy in 1757 ended with the defeat of the Nawab
of Bengal. This British victory ensured the supremacy of the British East India
Company over the entire Sub-continent, including Bengal, for nearly two
hundred years. As a result the folklore of Bangladesh will present an interesting
variety and blending of anthropological and sociological background.
Mohammad Abu Tayyub Khan. (2011) SOUTH ASIAN AND WESTERN FOLKLORES, Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Volume 50, Issue 2.
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