"Bengali music (Bengali: \u09AC\u09BE\u0982\u09B2\u09BE \u09B8\u0982\u0997\u09C0\u09A4) comprises a long tradition of religious and secular song-writing over a period of almost a millennium. Composed with lyrics in the Bengali language, Bengali music spans a wide variety of styles.Bengal is today split between the Indian state of West Bengal and the independent country Bangladesh."@en .