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Bengal: Bengali Traditional Folk Music

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Bengal: Bengali Traditional Folk Music
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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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Baul song Purna Chandra Das and party 5:12
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Baul song Purna Chandra Das and party 4:37
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Baul song Haripado Deva Nath 3:17
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Bhatiyali song Haripado Deva Nath 3:21
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Flute Deboo Bhattacharji 6:40
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Flute Ahmad Shafui 2:37
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Flute Ahmad Shafui 2:11
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Bhajana Rathin Ghosh and party 11:42
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Kirtana Rathin Ghosh and party 12:05
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Song Firdausi Begum 3:01
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Song Sham Sunhar Karimar 3:02

Album Info

Catalog Number

UNES08077

Year(s) Released

1972

Label/Collection

UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music

Genre(s)

World

Country(s)

India

Culture Group(s)

Bengali

Language(s)

Bengali (বাংলা, baɛṅlā)

Credit(s)

Samir Naguib - Recorder, Liner Notes
 Manfred Junius - Liner Notes, Recorder
 Alain Daniélou - Recorder, Liner Notes
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