The Bauls are itinerant singers of Bengal, drawing on Vaiṣṇava, tantric and Sufi sources, who reject caste and formal religion and seek the “man of the heart” within. Their songs influenced Rabindranath Tagore. UNESCO recognizes their tradition as intangible heritage.
Baul
A tradition of wandering minstrels of Bengal who sing of the divine within the body.
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