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 Farcical episodes. 742 BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [Chap. Manager. Aod, answerme! Where are you going, at this late hour of the night ? Const. I am going to call Kalua, the sweeper of the palace. Song (in Hindi). ‘1 do not know who it is that calls me. “For the whole day I have been in attendance at the palace. ‘“[ have swept the roads, and removed all dirt and filth. ‘Why I am called again I do not know.” In old yatras, farcical episodes were introduced, by way of relief, in intervals of a serious play, and the above indicates the way they were introduced. A yatra performance usually commenced at 4 A.M., and ended at noon, thus lasting for 8 hours or more; of this, as I have said, the first one or two hours were spent in playing a high pitched clama- rous music, the intention of which was to adver- tise the commencement of the performance to the AANA । আরে রাতমে কাঁহ1 চলতে Al GAMA) আরে হাম কালুযা হাঁড়ী বোলানেকো আনে চলতা হায়। | BAN BGA গান। “ মের! কোন্‌ বোল হে চিন্তে নারি, সারা রোজ হুজ্ুরমে দিয়ে হাজিরি। ay fe fea, ae fe feu, ফের কিন্তরে বোলাতে হে বুঝতে নারি ॥''
 * Enters Kalua, the Sweeper. |