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Bengal: Bengali Traditional Folk Music

Various Artists
Bengal: Bengali Traditional Folk Music Bengal, a historically important and culturally distinctive region in the northeast of the Indian subcontinent that today is separated by the India-Bangladesh border, is the source of the Baul song tradition.  Inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Baul songs originated from the Bauls—a mystical and unorthodox community of mostly itinerant singers and musicians whose music and way of life are a significant influence on Bengali culture. In addition to Baul songs, the album presents a boatmen’s song (bhatiyali), a bhajan, and a kirtan. Instrumentation includes flutes, drums, cymbals, and small lutes.

Track Listing

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Purna Chandra Das
05:12
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102
Purna Chandra Das
04:37
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103
Haripado Deva Nath
03:17
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104
Haripado Deva Nath
03:21
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105
Deboo Bhattacharji
06:40
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106
Ahmad Shafui
02:37
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107
Ahmad Shafui
02:11
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108
Rathin Ghosh
11:42
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109
Rathin Ghosh
12:05
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110
Firdausi Begum
03:01
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111
Sham Sunhar Karimar
03:02