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Folk music is an integral part of our culture. The life of the rural people is reflected in folk music. Our agriculture, food, seasons, and rituals are all reflected in these songs. Village people express their weal and woe and feelings through different form of folk music like Palligiti, Bhatiwali, Jari, Sari, Lalon Giti, Palagan, etc. But people's taste for music has changed over time. As people migrate to cities and villages. transform, our traditional folk songs are slowly fading. Folk music or Palligiti is now sung with western instruments. At the same time, modern music is now fusing melodies from folk and traditional songs. In general band and pop music is becoming more and more popular, particularly among the young generation. Yet folk music has a great importance in our everyday life today. As this song is deeply rooted in our culture, people still derive pleasure listening to folk music. Besides, folk music is still used in mainstream films and music albums.

• (2) Answer the following questions from your reading of the above text.
• (a)

  What is folk music?

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• (b)

  What aspects of life are captured in folk music?

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• (c)

  Name three types of folk music mentioned in the text.

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• (d)

  How does the changing landscape affect folk music?

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• (e)

  What materials are used to make folk instruments?

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• (3)

  Fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text.

  Folk music (a) _______ of tunes, lyrics and knowledge which are passed down orally for generations. The ways of folk life arc (b) _______ reflected in the folk songs like Palligiti, Bhatiali, Jari, Sari, Gambhira, Lalon Giti, Paalagan etc. The types and nature of folk music (c) ________ on and differ from various landscapes and languages of ethnic communities. The instruments used for folk music are commonly crafted from locally available materials, like animal skin, (d) ________ and calabash. But nowadays, folk music has found its place in mainstream films and music albums sung with modern (e) ________ as well.

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• (4) Write the synonym or antonym of the following words as directed.
• (a)

  migration (antonym)

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• (b)

  consist (synonym)

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• (c)

  embody (synonym)

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• (d)

  diverse (antonym)

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• (e)

  vibrant (synonym)

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