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Kobigaan

Dhaka 2012, 
Featuring groups led by Kobiyal Saider Rahman Bayati and Kobiyal Abul Bashar Abbasi from Manikganj.

Till today, Kobigaan has been performed in villages. Two kobiyals, along with their respective groups, engage in a verbal-musical duel and perform Kobigaan through the presentation of several forms like Daak, Malshi, Sakhi-Samvad, Kobi, Tappa, Panchaali, Jotak, Bhor/Goshtho and Mathur.