Home/muthuvan-marriageSearch ResultsThe Lonely Pied Piper: Meet the one man left who can play the khal, West Bengal’s famous bamboo fluteBy Gurvinder SinghThe traditional khal, a tribal bamboo flute from West Bengal, signifies celebration and pain, and has traditionally been essential to weddings, festivities and funerals in West Bengal’s ancient Rabha culture. The traditional khal, a tribal bamboo flute from West Bengal, signifies celebration and pain, and has traditionally been essential to weddings, festivities and funerals in West Bengal’s ancient Rabha culture.