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| Date |
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06.12.2003 |
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| Start |
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20:00 |
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Asia
Bangladesh,
India
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concert |
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Festival of Sacred Music |
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| Title |
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The Music of the Bauls |
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Achin-Pakhi - The Unknown Soul, Bangladesh
Oikyotaan feat. Kartick das Baul, India
Anando Gopal Das & Ensemble, India |
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| Abstract |
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The Indian poet and Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore admiringly called the music of the Bauls "humble flowers of the field". The Bauls, a community of itinerate musicians and singers in Eastern Indian Bengal and in Bangladesh, draw upon a spiritual tradition composed of Buddhist, Hindu and Islam influences. They reject categories such as caste, class and religion; their highest goal is to be close to God. In their view, the divine is hidden with in the heart of each human being, and accordingly their spiritual search is directed inward, dispensing with priests and prophets. The word Baul itself can have two different translations: "crazy" (for God) or "carried by the wind". This refers to the Bauls' ability to express the "breath of life" with their voice. |
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| Admission fee |
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Admission: 13 €, concession 10 € |
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