ABSTRACT
Shahbag aims to express the political demands through the cultural language. While concluding the 24/7 non-stop gathering at Shahbag, the spokesperson of Gonojagoron Moncho stated to media, 'we want Shahbag to spread out not just as political, but a cultural movement'. However, from the very first day the cultural demonstration and performances by the youth protestors offered a significant character of performative Shahbag. Shahbag transmitted the cultural messages through the various social networks. Shahbag can be viewed as a political movement in terms of its very nature of challenging the communal politics and making demands upon the government. The slogans that were popular at Shahbag spread over the cities, and even in living room, kids were replicating those and chanting. Shahbag activists persuaded the nation to sing the national anthem and raise the national flag to support the movement.
