Baramkhana

The Baul group is one of the manyfolk religions that one gathered in the courtyards of rural Bengal. The Bauls are simple-minded worshippers. This self-absorbed, propaganda-averse group spends its entire life in search of the person of its heart. The BAULS believe that the person of its heart or the Supreme Soul resides in the heart of every human being, and therefore Baul sadhana speaks of human love. One of the steps of this sadhana is song, in which the secret bodily practices of the Bauls are carefully hidden. The Baul group does not accept the prevailing customs, marriage customs, or caste-caste differences of the mainstream society, so they were once seen as deviant in the eyes of society. But their extraordinary melodious songs removed the veil of anonymity from this once socially averse group and established a connection with the mainstream society. And it is on the basis of this song that the Baul group's identity is silently changing today. The Bauls, dedicated to spirituality,are today the face of Bengal in the court of world culture. This book tells the story of this group's unique traditions, reforms, and sudden changes inn their arena-centered collective life, based on extensive tours and interviews in the Baul inner circle.