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Author : Jeanne Openshaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 29,6 MB
Release : 2002-07-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521811255
The author charts the rise of Bauls to their present iconic status as minstrels and mystics.
Author : Kristin Hanssen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 135135759X
Noted for their haunting melodies and enigmatic lyrics, Bauls have been portrayed as spiritually enlightened troubadours traveling around the countryside in West Bengal in India and in Bangladesh. As emblems of Bengali culture, Bauls have long been a subject of scholarly debates which center on their esoteric practices, and middle class imaginaries of the category Baul. Adding to this literature, the intimate ethnography presented in this book recounts the life stories of members from a single family, shining light on their past and present tribulations bound up with being poor and of a lowly caste. It shows that taking up the Baul path is a means of softening the stigma of their lower caste identity in that religious practice, where women play a key role, renders the body pure. The path is also a source of monetary income in that begging is considered part of their vocation. For women, the Baul path has the added implication of lessening constraints of gender. While the book describes a family of singers, it also portrays the wider society in which they live, showing how their lives connect and interlace with other villagers, a theme not previously explored in literature on Bauls. A novel approach to the study of women, the body and religion, this book will be of interest to undergraduates and graduates in the field of the anthropology. In addition, it will appeal to students of everyday religious lives as experienced by the poor, through case studies in South Asia. The book provides further evidence that renunciation in South Asia is not a uniform path, despite claims to the contrary. There is also a special interest in Bauls among those familiar with the Bengali speaking region. While this book speaks to that interest, its wider appeal lies in the light it sheds on religion, the body, life histories, and poverty.
Author : Lisa I. Knight
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,15 MB
Release : 2014-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0199396841
In this multi-sited ethnographic study, Knight explores the everyday lives of women of the Baul tradition of musical mystics in India and Bangladesh. She demonstrates that Baul women construct a meaningful life as they navigate between conflicting expectations of Bauls to be carefree and of women to be modest.
Author : Rebati Mohan Sarkar
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,4 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Music
ISBN :
A well-researched work based on long term field investigations amongst Bauls of Bengal, the community of singers with rich cultural heritage. The study centers around the different facets of their life and thought, basic understanding of their philosophy, sadhana as well as their day-to-day struggle for basic existence. Page: 6 14:06 Tuesday 16/05/00 The Title 'Bauls of Bengal: In the Quest of Man of the Heart written/authored/edited by R.M. Sarkar', published in the year 2003. The ISBN 9788121203203 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 314 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Anthropology / Tribal Studies/MUSIC / THEATRE / Art
Author : Mimlu Sen
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 20,13 MB
Release : 2012-02-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 818400270X
Freewheeling Mimlu Sen lives in Paris, where one day she witnesses an electrifying performance by three Bauls, mystic minstrels from Bengal, who spin like pillars of dust. Their music inspires her to return to Calcutta, and to go on an extraordinary journey with one of them, Paban Das Baul, from her respectable home in the city to his humble village, and further on, into the verdant Bengali countryside that is their common heritage. Paban takes Mimlu through the itinerant Baul’s route—from the festival at Kenduli with its marathon performances, to tranquil Shantiniketan, where Bauls frequently stop en route and disrupt quotidian life; Agrodwip, deep in the Vaishnava world, to Nabasana, where mesmerizing guru Hari Goshain presides over Baul games and ultimately, her initiation; and to Boral, where she holds her own big Baul festival, a mahatsava. Along the way, she encounters tantrics and tribals, exorcisms and witch sightings, catfish that climb trees and esoteric sexo-yogic secrets—and she falls in love. Baulsphere takes you into the heart of rural Bengal, and into the fascinating world of the Bauls. Passionate, enthralling and searingly lyrical, it is a stunning book.
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Publisher : UNESCO Collection of Represent
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 23,21 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Music
ISBN :
Throughout their 600-year history the Bauls of Bengal, India have kept no official scriptures. Their esoteric spiritual teachings on the use of breath, sex and devotion are encoded in the words of their songs/poems. This is a translation of 204 songs, including an extensive introduction to the history and faith of the Bauls, and the composition of their music. Includes a CD of authentic Baul artists, recorded over the last forty years -- an exquisite presentation of a rarely documented genre.
Author : Carola Lorea
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 14,5 MB
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004324712
This book explores historical and cultural aspects of modern and contemporary Bengal through the performance-centred study of a particular repertoire: the songs of the saint-composer Bhaba Pagla (1902-1984), who is particularly revered among Baul and Fakir singers. The author shows how songs, if examined as 'sacred scriptures', represent multi-dimensional texts for the study of South Asian religions. Revealing how previous studies about Bauls mirror the history of folkloristics in Bengal, this book presents sacred songs as a precious symbolic capital for a marginalized community of dislocated and unorthodox Hindus, who consider the practice of singing in itself an integral part of the path towards self-realization.
Author : Charles Capwell
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 16,45 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Bauls
ISBN : 9780873383172
Author : Charles Capwell
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 39,78 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Bhaskar Bhattacharyya
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,38 MB
Release : 1993-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780892810192
Carrying on the living tradition of mystic minstrels, the Bauls roam the countryside of eastern India enacting the spiritual love dalliance of Radha and Krishna through songs and dances. The Path of the Mystic Lover explores the Bauls' lifestyle and philosophy, describing their sexual and ritual practices as well as their sacred teachings.