Folklife News & Events: Folks of Bengal Concert June 29
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Folks of Bengal Concert June 29
Folks of Bengal
JUNE 29, 2018, 12:00 PM, No Tickets Required
Whittall Pavilion
Mystic minstrels from the Indian state of Bengal, the Bauls are known for devotional songs that honor the divine within. There are about 2500 Bauls in Bengal. Their philosophy rejects divisions of caste, creed, and religion, and believes in self-searching. Their sung poetry has inspired everyone from Rabindranath Tagore to Bob Dylan and, in 2008, was inscribed in UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This performance features Girish Khyapa, Rabi Das Baul, Arpan Thakur Chakraborty, and Manas Acharya, all of whom sing and play traditional strings and drums. It also features Mamoni Chitrakar, who will perform pater gaan, traditional songs sung while unfurling colorful paintings that depict the stories narrated in the songs.
The concert is presented with the support of banglanatak dot com - India, Communities Connecting Heritage (U.S. State Department and World Learning), and the 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
