%0 Journal Article %T Oral Literature and Performing Arts of a Marginalized Community: The Chain of West Bengal %A Chanchal Adhikary %J Contemporary Voice of Dalit %@ 2456-0502 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/2455328X17744626 %X In this article, an attempt has been made to collect and examine the folk and oral traditions of the Chain community of West Bengal in an ethnohistorical context. These included marriage songs, Gambhira songs, rhymes, lullabies, Jhumur, Alkap, riddles, etc. All have been collected through field work %K Chain community %K literature %K culture %K folklore %K traditions %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2455328X17744626