Out of all the folk artistes questioned, 20.97% of them have considered changing their professions as their monthly income fell by 91.77%. Before the onslaught of the novel coronavirus, the average monthly income of 62 folk artistes was Tk12,048. However, the average plummeted to Tk991 during Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, 56.5% professional musical-instrument players have said that they did not receive any financial help from government or non-government organizations during Covid-19 pandemic. They include recognizing all non-institutional artistes including potters, musical-instrument makers, folk artistes, and musical instrument players as artistes and preparing a database.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 02, 2020 10:52 UTC