The Alkap Story

A traditional form of mass communication from Murshidabad, Alkap was used to raise awareness about social injustices and taboos. Today, however, the lack of financial support and influences of popular culture is rendering the original Alkap almost extinct. Alkap is a folk song and a dance tradition of Bengal. In this form, performers just have a notion of the plot and the actual performance takes place as an improvisation in the manner of Italian Commedia del The performers are divided into two grou