The Confluence of Bhojpuri and Bengali Folk Culture

Understanding Culture is essential to any study or discussion about the social and political enquiry. The paper seeks to understand the complexities and coexistence of Bhojpuri and Bengali folk culture. Whether it is songs, theatre or film, both seem to influence and complementary to each other. This paper is an attempt to understand the amalgamation of different cultures and how they have been enriching their cultural folk tradition without harming and destroying each other. The article is also an attempt to analyse how Bhikhari Thakur who is called the Shakespeare of Bhojpuri has played an essential role in the confluence of Bhojpuri and Bengali folk culture and voicing the issues and aspirations of the oppressed in his art form Bidesiya.