Bhatiali or Bhatiyali is a traditional form of folk song/music of Bengal, 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. Among the 14 subject of folk music in Bangladesh, that includes Deha-tatva (about the body) and Murshid-tatva (about the guru), Bhatiali deals with Prakriti-tatva (about nature).
Notable collectors, composers and writers in the genre are Miraz Ali, Ukil Munshi, Rashid Uddin. Jalal Khan, Jang Bahadur, Shah Abdul Karim and Umed Ali.
