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Bhatiali or Bhatiyali is a traditional form of folk music in Bengal Bangladesh and West Bengal. Bhatiyali is a traditional boat song sung by boatmen while going down streams of the river as the word Bhatiyali comes from Bhata meaning ebb or downstream It mostly is sung in the Mymensingh District along the Brahmaputra River or the Bhati (lower region of a river) area. Bhaitaili lyrics are traditionally about boating fishing and rivers.