Songs of the Unknown Bird

This first episode explores Deho Twatto “theory of the body” in the Baul context, where the body itself is the starting point for spiritual understanding.

Songs:

Baul Howa Sohoj Kotha Noy
Composer: Kangal Horinath
Singer: Babu Fakir

Khachar Bhitor Ochin Pakhi
Composer: Lalon Fakir
Singer: Selina Fakirini

Chirodin Pushilam Ek Ochin Pakhi
Composer: Lalon Fakir
Singer: Nurbaba

Phaki Deowa Pakhi Re Tor
Composer: Ammulyo Sarkar
Singer: Uttora Baidya

 

Instrumentals:

Jekhane Shai’r Baramkhana

Composer: Lalon Fakir

Dotara Player: Amirul Fakir

Gram Chhara 

Composer: Rabindranath Tagore
Dotara Player: Amirul Fakir

Khachar Bhitor Ochin Pakhi

Composer: Lalon Fakir

Violinist: Lucia Thomas

 

Painting credit: Dipshikha Debnath

 

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Many thanks to Biplab Ghosh, Arnab Sengupta, Rina and Manosij Goswami for help in the field, to Gene Nemirovsky for audio engineering, to the Fulbright-Nehru program and to all the musicians and teachers who recorded for this show.