Seeking Bauls of Bengal
By
Jeanne Openshaw
Periodical
0
Serial
8874
Publisher
Cambridge University Press, UK
Description
287
ISBN / ISSN No.
8175962054
Subject
1. Bauls -- India; 2. Bauls -- Bangladesh; 3. Bauls.
Summay
Bauls have achieved fame as wandering minstrels and mystics in India and Bangladesh. They are recruited from Hindu and Muslim communities and renowned for their beautiful songs. Using fieldwork and oral and written texts, Jeanne Openshaw analyzes the rise
Keyword
Indian and Bangladeshi Bauls, Bauls from Bengal.
Accession No.
8874
Category
Performing Art