Baul

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Bengali folk music intangible cultural heritage mystical folk music tradition spiritual music tradition

Baul is a mystical folk music tradition of Bengal known for its wandering minstrels who sing spiritual, often devotional songs accompanied by simple instruments.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Baul music 2
Moner Manush 1
Purna Das Baul 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bengali folk music ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
mystical folk music tradition ⓘ
spiritual music tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Bengali culture ⓘ
rural Bengal ⓘ
wandering minstrels ⓘ
attire saffron robes ⓘ
simple clothing of mendicants ⓘ
centralTheme humanism ⓘ
inner realization ⓘ
spiritual love ⓘ
union with the divine ⓘ
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
genre devotional music ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
mystic music ⓘ
influenced Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
notableExponents Lalon Shah ⓘ
Baul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Purna Das Baul
performanceContext akhras ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ
village fairs ⓘ
performancePractice call-and-response singing ⓘ
improvised performance ⓘ
wandering singing ⓘ
philosophicalFocus rejection of religious orthodoxy ⓘ
search for the divine within the human body ⓘ
syncretism ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
region Bengal ⓘ
religiousInfluence Sahajiya traditions ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Tantric Buddhism

Vaishnavism ⓘ
socialRole itinerant musician ⓘ
spiritual guide ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ
transmission oral tradition ⓘ
typicalInstrument dotara ⓘ
duggi ⓘ
ektara ⓘ
kartal ⓘ
khamak ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2005 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
vocalStyle improvised lyrics ⓘ
melismatic singing ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Moner Manush
this entity surface form: Baul music
Baul → notableExponents → Baul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Purna Das Baul
Bengal → traditionalMusic → Baul ⓘ
subject surface form: West Bengal
this entity surface form: Baul music