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	Baul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Baul is one of the few widely known and appreciated types of folk music in Bengal.
		The Baul costume consists of a half-dhoti and an alkhalla (saffron robes).
		The instruments, extensively used by the Bauls are Gopiyantro, khamak, dotara, ghungur, nupur and duggi.
	userpages.umbc.edu /~achatt1/baul.html (563 words)

	Bangladesh ShowBiz - News update - Reviving baul music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Baul Rob Fakir performed with James and it was really this combination of the village Baul and the city Baul performing side by side that made the crowds go crazy with their dual music.
		They may be Hindus or Muslims, but once they take to Baul culture, they refer to themselves as a ‘Baul’ as if to signify that they are a separate community by themselves dedicated to the spreading of the message of peace, brotherhood and goodwill through their songs.
		Hence, the high-pitched voice of a Baul singing with an ektara’; in his hand is the symbol of the spirit of Bengal.
	www.bangladeshshowbiz.com /news/reviving_baul_music.htm (2029 words)

	arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh/India
		The Bauls of Bengal are spiritual sect of traveling minstrels whose songs of joy, love, and longing for a mystical union with the divine have captivated audiences for the past century.
		Bauls are not new in Bangladesh and despite the saturation of material values the number of Bauls who renounce all common beliefs are on the rise.
		Baul songs are usually solo songs although often accompanists and members of the audience (normally, handfull of villagers gathering around the Bauls) to join in the refrain and repetition phrases of the verse.
	www.sos-arsenic.net /english/intro/lalon.html (6488 words)

	Kolkata Beckons: Pous Mela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Baul culture is an integral part of the folk culture of Bengal.
		Baul singers are a separate community unto themselves transcending the barriers of religion and country.
		Baul culture is a perfect manifestation of communal harmony.
	in.geocities.com /kolkatabeckons/pous.html (689 words)

	The Bauls of Bengal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bauls go from village to village, singing, with their ektaras, which is a simple one-stringed instrument, and drums called dubkis.
		Like the tantrics, the Bauls believe that the means to experience divine love is through human love; through the union of the physical forms of man and woman (Lopez 191).
		Baul songs, along with music, play a major role in the oral communication of Baul ideas and beliefs.
	www.iopb.res.in /~somen/Baul/Bauls-Menger.htm (3496 words)

	Baul at IOP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bauls have wandered Bengal since the XVth century, travelling from village to village, playing music and dancing to accompany their ecstatic songs of longing and praise for God.
		Baul songs generally have two tunes, one for the first part of the song and another for the second.
		Baul songs are not confined to Bauls, as non-Bauls too have adopted them because of their profound themes.
	www.iopb.res.in /~somen/Baul (745 words)

	The Baul's of Bengal - A book by: Krishnendu Das
		The Bauls of Bengal are bound by a religious faith which is an amalgam of ideas borrowed from the religions that since medieval days have influenced the Indian populace and of these the ones that particularly found an inroad into the philosophy, bauls believe in are Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam.
		The bauls initiate singing by song of worship that is known as 'bandana' in one such song, the baul calls all his people to visit the hospital at nadiapur (where chaitanya lived) where all human ills are treated...tora aye ke jabi re gourchander haspitaley nadiapure.
		baul speaks about the universal mysteries of life in simple words to touch the heart of common man and a baul singing and dancing in ecstasy with an " ektara" (single string instrument) in hand represents the finest specimen of folk song tune to the soil of bengal and its culture.
	babukishan.com /history-book.htm (6977 words)

	Baul Gaan - Folk Music India
		Baul Gaan has the distinction of being one of the most popular and well known forms of Indian folk music the world over.
		The appearance of the Bauls is distinctive with dhotis, saffron robes and a saffron turban.
		Texts of the Baul songs are spiritual, they speak in metaphors of the human body and its separation from the cosmic universe.
	www.beatofindia.com /forms/baul.htm (179 words)

	B A B U K I S H A N : The King Of Baul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He is the oldest son of Purna Das Baul and was raised by his grandfather, Nabani Das, one of the greatest Baul saints ever.
		He was the first baul, belonging to a traditionally enriched baul family, to portray the life and culture of the Baul sect, in his book â“ âBauls of Bengalâ.
		He was the first to translate bengali baul songs to hindi and english, and present it to the international music lovers.
	babukishandas.com (469 words)

	Paban Das Baul and Sam Mills, Real Sugar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The "Baul" are more of a religious sub-sect than a major musical tradition, although their songs of love and spiritual yearning in simple folk melody form make for interesting listening.
		Baul is a simple music (I suppose the analogy would be comparing Appalachian folk music with bluegrass), and is easily lost when too many dynamics are brought to it.
		I wish Baul and Mills all the best in their musical endeavours and hope that Indian radio plays this, but frankly, there's more interesting music being played in the background of mainstream Delhi movies.
	www.greenmanreview.com /dasbaul.html (456 words)

	Purna Das Baul
		Bauls are India wandering minstrels of West Bengal whose ecstatic songs and dance reflect their joy, love and longing for mystical union with the Divine.
		Baul philosophy emphasises love for all human beings as the path leading to the Divine Love.
		Bauls are free thinkers who openly declare themselves to be mad for the God who dwells within us all.
	www.sedonacreativelife.com /pre0181.html (725 words)

	Catchcal.Com > Kaleidoscope > Culture > Music > Baul Songs and the inherent philosophy
		There are several Baul songs which are imbued with this philosophy of universal brotherhood and the elevated principles of love and tolerance.
		The Bauls sincerely believe that 'nature is the living visible garment of God.' In their opinion, God and nature are one and inseparable.
		The Baul community of Bengal as well as the Phakirs have realized this eternal truth of life and give vent to this divine idea through their melodious songs which is their sole mode of expression.
	www.catchcal.com /kaleidoscope/music/baul_songs.asp (2849 words)

	Rapu
		Baul sucked at the newly drawn beer, leaving a rim of foam on his lip.
		Baul grinned with what was left of his teeth, and pulled a crude amulet out of his pocket.
		Baul was above him on the rope and the concentration of the act had momentarily stopped his screaming.
	www.ajjones.homestead.com /Rapu.html (2760 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| The song of the holy fools
		The Bauls were sitting in a circle around the fire, cross-legged in the straw on the floor, breaking their singing only to pass a chillum of bhang from one to the other.
		The Bauls were always happy to talk about their songs and their beliefs, but I soon discovered that there is a side to them about which they are much more cagey.
		For the Bauls, such sexual exotica are part of a wider set of yogic practices that aim to make the body supple and coordinated with itself, using the mastery of breathing, meditation and exercises as a way of taming energies and drives.
	www.guardian.co.uk /weekend/story/0,3605,1141492,00.html (3492 words)

	State of Bengal vs. Paban Das Baul :: Tana Tani
		While Rehmi did, however, build in the genre within the album name, Zaman and Baul demystify some 500 years of Bengali history with an album gorgeous as it is moving, emotive and inspiring.
		Baul, Paban's last name as well as the title of his religious sect, is simply untamable.
		It's coded into his very character - the word Baul is from the Sanskrit "batul," meaning "mad." The Bauls are Bengal's mystics, comparable to Pakistan's qawwals, Islamic Sufis and Hindu Sadhus.
	www.ethnotechno.com /sob_tana_tani.php (808 words)

	Parvathy Baul and her musicians
		At the age of 17, she was initiated to Baul practices by Shri Sanathan Das Baul from the Bakura district, one of the highly honoured Baul gurus from Bengal, who is now over 80 years old.
		He is the elder son of the famous Baul singer Shri Sanathan Das Baul, whom he accompanied to almost all his performances.
		Born in a family dedicated to folk theater, Somen Baul, now 47, ran away from home at a very early age in order to become a Baul.
	www.adem.ch /Projets/baulartists.html (508 words)

	CD Baby: BABUKISHAN: Gypsyindia
		His grandfather, Guru Shri Nabani Das Baul, was a much celebrated singer and poet that was instrumental in bringing the Baul culture to fame with the respected and admired status it enjoys today.
		Nabani Das Baul often collaborated with the writer of India's National Anthem, a great poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, Rabindranath Tagore.
		Babukishan's father, Samrat Purna Das Baul, a modern, popular legend among the Bauls, opened up the doors even further by collaborating and jamming in live performances with the top Western and European acts of the 20th century.
	cdbaby.com /cd/babukishan (751 words)

	ZaTaNg.CoM - LoCals - Kolkata - City Celebrity - Purna Das Baul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I was a part of the seventh generation of Bengal’s oldest Baul family.
		For centuries Baul singers have traversed the length and breadth of Bengal, ektara in hand singing songs of the soil.
		All through I have worked my heart out in trying to preserve the Baul culture in a world that is rapidly losing touch with genuineness.
	www.zatang.com /locals/cityk/kceleb5.htm (408 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: An encounter with the popular baul folk singer Purna Das Baul
		The man who once begged for food, roaming the villages of Bengal and singing on local trains, a seventh generation minstrel and son of the man Rabindranath Tagore endearingly described as "the crazy baul"-- is now one of the world's most endearing country music stars.
		I may be a beggar by tradition being a baul but that does not mean I am begging for anything from the government.
		The word 'baul' comes from the Sanskrit word batul which means 'mad,' and I am the son of khepa baul Nabani Das, which makes me doubly mad.
	www.rediff.com /news/oct/16nandy.htm (1146 words)

	State of Bengal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The versus of the title suggests some sort of contest, but if the British Asian music scene has proved anything, it is that the subcontinent's rich and ancient cultures are ripe and durable enought for fusing.
		State of Bengal (aka Sam Zaman) is a leading DJ and producer in the Asian club scene, and Paban Das Baul is a singer from Bengal's mystical sect of wandering minstrels, the Bauls.
		This time, they've teamed up with a leading light of Bengal's Bauls, a musical gypsy caste of minstrels, ascetics and devotees of tantric sex, to go to places others have ventured (Temple of Sound and Rizwan-Muazzam, Massive Attack's remix of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) and update them for 2004.
	www.stateofbengal.com (703 words)

	Meningar.com om baul. BAUL, baul, music mm.
		BAPI DAS BAUL : Je devrais d'abord commencer par dire d'où viennent les Bauls, cela permettrait de mieux comprendre quel public a la musique baul en Inde...
		PURNA DAS BAUL Indian Folk Music Purna Das Baul presents a devotional music concert with 5-8 musicians on Monday April 7th, 2003, from 7:30 to 9:30 pm in the Great Room...
		Baul Sangit Baul Sangit - Songs of the Madman by Srila Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura Song 1 ami tomar duhkher duhkhi sukher sukhi, tai tomare boli bhai re nitai-er hate giye (ore o bhai) nam enechi tomar tore 1) I am your ever well-wisher -- I become..
	www.meningar.com /baul.html (1508 words)

	BBC - World Review - State of Bengal Vs Paban das Baul, Tana Tani
		Paban is a member of Bengal's Baul sect, itinerant minstrels whose religious ideas centre around the nameless, sexless nature of God, and the importance of the body as a conduit for spiritual matter.
		Paban Das Baul's central contribution to each song is an emotive vocal line, with his specialised Baul instrumentation taking on a decorative role.
		On certain tracks, the Baul element is intensified, with "Ram Rahim" featuring the wobbly khomuk drum, whilst "Padma Nodi" clatters with the banjoesque dotara.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/world/reviews/stateofbengal_tanatani.shtml (601 words)

	Joyguru Baul Sampradaya - Folk Music artiste of India
		The Bauls are a religious sect of Bengal and are wandering musicians too.
		The Joyguru Baul Sampradaya is one of the many groups of Bauls who perform for small and large gatherings the unparalled and spiritual 'Baul Gaan'.
		The members of this group are basically farmers but have also been trained in the Baul form of music since their childhood.
	www.beatofindia.com /arists/jbs.htm (109 words)

	Amazon.com: Tana Tani: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Bauls are India's divine fools, roving bands of illiterate, mystic-musicians who own only the clothes on their backs and a battered patchwork quilt.
		London-based DJ Sam Zaman (aka State of Bengal) encouraged Paban Das Baul, who is accustomed to interpreting 500-year-old texts, to write his own lyrics for the first time and the singer sounds organic and relaxed amid Zaman's sitar-and-bass-heavy, snare-driven chillout milleu.
		Paban Das Baul plays instruments like the dotara (a lute) and the ektara (a drone), but what is up front is his emotional vocals and--if you check the liner notes--sincere lyrics.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001LVZEI?v=glance (2041 words)

	Baul -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The music of the Bauls, bAul saMgeet refers to a particular
		baul composers, such as (Click link for more info and facts about Lalon Fakir) Lalon Fakir have been of muslim birth.
		The songs of the Bauls and their lifestyle influenced a large
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/baul.htm (653 words)

	Baul Sangit - Songs of the Madman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		5) This is the conviction of Chand Baul.
		The devotee of Lord Chaitanya named Chota Haridasa somehow embarked on an improper path; by the mercy of the Son of mother Saci, he was cast away, alas, and did not again attain the lotus feet of Gauranga.
		Please accept the pure advice of Chand Baul: Rejecting all deceptive tendencies that are associated with the sects of impure Bauls, just enter the flow of pure, spiritual mellows of devotion.
	members.surfeu.fi /harekrishna/artikkeleja/id70.htm (2786 words)

	Category Wise .... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Caption: 10198-072 Gaur Kappa & Paban Das Baul at a baul ashram at the Joydev Mela in Kenduli, at a late night concert.
		Caption: 10198-071 Gaur Kappa & Paban Das Baul at a baul ashram at the Joydev Mela in Kenduli, at a late night concert.
		Caption: 10198-070 Gaur Kappa & Paban Das Baul at a baul ashram at the Joydev Mela in Kenduli, at a late night concert.
	www.netphotograph.com /view.php3?cat=ar (447 words)

	Baul Bishwa - Jaan Sufi / cdRoots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sufi, Hindi and Tantric roots are explored in an ecstatic music from India by Bapi Das Baul and this ensemble of Bengali gypsies.
		Baul musicians are Gypsys from India who walk from village to village, singing with an open voice of madness and playing khamak, khangira and ektara.
		The band leader Bapi Das Baul represents the 8.
	www.cdroots.com /he-07.html (337 words)

	Paban Das Baul & Jonny Wartel / cdRoots
		This is how to "do fusion." The Bengali and the Swede collude, collide and compose a unique and somtimes shocking new music, an east-meets-north variant that is sometimes brilliant, occasionally frustrating, but absolutley never boring.
		To be Baul is to be crazed by the windThe Bauls lives in West- and East- Bengal.
		I did see a plan and that was to make a recording with Paban where his and my music would meet.
	www.cdroots.com /grav-paban.html (423 words)

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