Manbhumi has a rich tradition of folk songs sung in various occasions. Tusu songs are sung by village girls during a month-long observance of Tusu festival in villages of Purulia and some parts of Barddhaman, Bankura and Birbhum districts of West Bengal and parts of East Singhbhum, Saraikela Kharsawan, Bokaro, Dhanbad and Ranchi districts of Jharkhand. Bhadu songs, Karam songs, Baul songs and Jhumar songs are also composed in Manbhumi. Manbhumi songs are used by Chhau performers of Purulia School to depict various mythological events. Chhau is one of the distinguished dance forms of this geographical region which has been accorded the status of Intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2009.[1]
East Medinipur: pila ţa bhala padhţe? (M) (similar to Baleswari Odia) (Pila is used for children and kids in Odia)
There are two tribal languages, Kharia Thar and Mal Paharia, mainly spoken in Manbhum region of Bengal and Jharkhand by some small tribes, are closely related to Western Bengali dialects, but are typically classified as separate languages.
^Pronoun in Bengali (PDF). aus.ac.in (Thesis). Assam University, Silchar: Department of Linguistics Rabindranath Tagore School of Indian Languages and Cultural Studies. p. 24.
^Krishan 1990.
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