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Bradford's Manningham Housing Association has turned publisher for a project to preserve, revive and celebrate the ancient Bengali folk tradition of #Baul music.

https://markcantrellauthor.substack.com/p/bradford-brings-baul-music-to-book

#culture #music #books #publishing #housingassociation

Bradford brings Baul music to book

A West Yorkshire social landlord has published two volumes celebrating this near-forgotten South Asian folk tradition

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Friday's poetry book of the day isn't really a book of poems, but it is poetic and deals with poetic subjects.
#Bauls #baul #india #Indianreligions #Bengal #MimluSen

We say in the Baul tradition that the male ego is much more fragile than the female. So we say, become strong, as strong as a woman. ... In a way, men are very afraid of women. Because women are very giving. They are ready to offer themselves. Because of this capacity of compassion and love, the motherly aspect, that already exists in women. It's a very special quality. Men have to seek it out in themselves.”

~ Parvathy Baul

#music #baul #art #ajabshahar #life #feminism

'Mon Jodi Tui / Going Beyond Gender': Parvathy Baul

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