Songs of Dissent and Consciousness: Pronouncements of the Bauls of Rural Bengal

Bauls, the wandering minstrels of rural Bengal (of both Bangladesh and India), are a socio-religiously marginalized cultural group. While the ritualistic practices and spiritual discourses of the Bauls have received scholarly attention, scholarship on Bauls’ songs about material and communicative ad...

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Autores principales:	Uttaran Dutta, Panchali Banerjee, Soham Ghosh, Priyam Ghosal, Samya Srimany, Sahana Mukherjee
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Baul voice Bengal emancipation Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/e7099c40412249189a71f11ecca0c7c4
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e7099c40412249189a71f11ecca0c7c42021-11-25T18:53:26ZSongs of Dissent and Consciousness: Pronouncements of the Bauls of Rural Bengal10.3390/rel121110182077-1444https://doaj.org/article/e7099c40412249189a71f11ecca0c7c42021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/11/1018https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444Bauls, the wandering minstrels of rural Bengal (of both Bangladesh and India), are a socio-religiously marginalized cultural group. While the ritualistic practices and spiritual discourses of the Bauls have received scholarly attention, scholarship on Bauls’ songs about material and communicative adversities and their emancipatory visions is lacking. Bauls’ performances and discourses are precursors to envisioning alternative emancipatory possibilities that question dominant intolerances, oppressions, and exploitations. This article documents and reflects on the works of two contemporary Bauls—Shah Abdul Karim and Manimohan Das. Through their songs and performances, they (i) question the power structure and legitimize the sufferings and struggles of the downtrodden, and (ii) seek to raise societal consciousness in imagining a free and just society.Uttaran DuttaPanchali BanerjeeSoham GhoshPriyam GhosalSamya SrimanySahana MukherjeeMDPI AGarticleBaulvoiceBengalemancipationReligions. Mythology. RationalismBL1-2790ENReligions, Vol 12, Iss 1018, p 1018 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Baul voice Bengal emancipation Religions. Mythology. Rationalism BL1-2790 Uttaran Dutta Panchali Banerjee Soham Ghosh Priyam Ghosal Samya Srimany Sahana Mukherjee Songs of Dissent and Consciousness: Pronouncements of the Bauls of Rural Bengal
description	Bauls, the wandering minstrels of rural Bengal (of both Bangladesh and India), are a socio-religiously marginalized cultural group. While the ritualistic practices and spiritual discourses of the Bauls have received scholarly attention, scholarship on Bauls’ songs about material and communicative adversities and their emancipatory visions is lacking. Bauls’ performances and discourses are precursors to envisioning alternative emancipatory possibilities that question dominant intolerances, oppressions, and exploitations. This article documents and reflects on the works of two contemporary Bauls—Shah Abdul Karim and Manimohan Das. Through their songs and performances, they (i) question the power structure and legitimize the sufferings and struggles of the downtrodden, and (ii) seek to raise societal consciousness in imagining a free and just society.
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author	Uttaran Dutta Panchali Banerjee Soham Ghosh Priyam Ghosal Samya Srimany Sahana Mukherjee
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title	Songs of Dissent and Consciousness: Pronouncements of the Bauls of Rural Bengal
title_short	Songs of Dissent and Consciousness: Pronouncements of the Bauls of Rural Bengal
title_full	Songs of Dissent and Consciousness: Pronouncements of the Bauls of Rural Bengal
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title_full_unstemmed	Songs of Dissent and Consciousness: Pronouncements of the Bauls of Rural Bengal
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publisher	MDPI AG
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Songs of Dissent and Consciousness: Pronouncements of the Bauls of Rural Bengal

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