Maimansingha Gitika

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Maimansingha gitika or Môemonshingha gitika is a collection of folk ballads from the region of Mymensingh and around of Bangladesh.Chandra Kumar De and Dinesh Chandra Sen were the collectors and editors; the collection was published from Calcutta University, along with another similar publication named purbabanga-gitika.

The basic theme of most of these folk ballads is love and romance. Pre-nuptial love and extramarital love constitute the main interests, also come the private and social conflicts arising out of several aspects of love.

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• Banglapedia article