Shaari: song of boatmen sung in groups to match the beat of the oar movement. Mursidi: Islamic songs of devotion of the Shi'ah groups based mainly on Western influences. He is known to all in wast Bengal of India too.(Western Bangladesh, near the border with West Bengal). Kavigan: poems sung with simple music usually presented on stage as a musical battle between poets Lalon:best known of all folk songs and the most import sub-genre of Baul songs, almost entirely attributed to spiritual writer and composer, Lalon Fokir of Kushtia. Pala: songs from the haor (lake, swampy area) area in Sylhet, Kishoregonj, and Netrokona usually performed on stage live by folk singers.
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Kirtan: devotional song depicting love of Hindu god Krishno and his (best-known) wife, Radha. Usually involves colourful presentations of historical themes. Jatra Pala: songs associated exclusively with plays (performed on-stage). Jaari: songs involving musical battle between two groups. Hason Raja: devotional songs written by music composer Hason Raja (from Sylhet, northeastern side of Bangladesh near Assam) that was recently repopularised as dance music. Gombhira: song (originating in Chapai Nawabganj, in the Northwest) performed with a particular distinctive rhythm and dance with two performers, always personifying a man and his grand father, discussing a topic to raise social awareness. Gajir geet: traditional music from the North (Rangpur).
#Bangla baul song drivers#
the openings of the body, prakriti which implies both the woman and the nature, and a control of breathing, known as domo-shadhona.įolk music can clearly be distinguished and classified into several sub-genres:īaul: mainly inspired by Lalon Fokir and his Sufi'isque way of life and almost exclusively performed by hermits who have embraced such a life style.īhandari: devotional music from the South (mainly Chittagong).īhatiali: music of fishermen and boatman, almost always tied by a common raga (mode), sung solo.īhawaiya: song of bullock-cart drivers of the North (Rangpur). the four body fluids, on the nine-doors or naba-dwar, i.e.
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They concentrate much of their mystic energies on the chaar-chand (bengali for four-moons), i.e. Some of their rituals are kept mostly hidden from the mainstream, as they are thought to be repulsive by many, and hedonistic by others. Their religion is based on an expression of the body, which they call deho-shadhona, and an expression of the mind, which they call mana-shadhona. The baul were recorded as a major sect as early as mid 18th century. Baul music had a great influence on Rabindranath Tagore's poetry and on his music (Rabindra Sangeet). Lalon Fakir is regarded as the most important poet-practitioner of the Baul tradition. They can often be identified by their distinctive clothes and musical instruments. Bauls are a very heterogeneous group, with many sects, but their membership mainly consists of Vaishnava Hindus and Sufi Muslims. Bauls constitute both a syncretic religious sect and a musical tradition. Bangla Lalon Geeti is the most importent part of bangla music.īaul (Bengali: বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal. This time I would like to gather all the Lalon song lovers at one place, and this is it. I always enjoyed sharing Lalon's songs and his phiosophy with friends.
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His songs has inspired me for many many years. To an engrossed listener, his songs briefly open and close a narrow passage to peep through to the other world beyond the opaque glass ceiling of this world.įakir Lalon has been the greatest philospher poet of my life. The songs of Bangla Lalon Geeti give subliminal exposures to the reality/truth that lies beyond our material plane/realism. Lalon composed numerous songs and poems which describe his philosophy. He lived in the village of Cheuria in the area known as Nodia in the Bengal Presidency of British India, corresponding to the district of Kushtia in present-day Bangladesh. Fakir Lalon Shah also known as Lalon Shah (c.1774–1890), was a Bengali philosopher poet.