KACHAR VITOR _ LALON GEETI

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Jasim Uddin's Favourite Lalon geeti Jasim Uddin first published an article on Lalon Shah in Bangobani, Calcutta, in 1926. Rabinranath Tagore writes, "These people roam about singing their songs, one of which I heard years ago from my roadside window, the first two lines roaming inscribed in my mind: Nobody can tell whence the bird unknown comes into my cage and goes out. ............. Look, how a strange bird flits in and out of the cage! O brother, I wish I could bind it with my mindís fetters. Have you seen a house of eight rooms with nine doors Closed and open, with windows in between, mirrored? O mind, you are a bird encaged! And of green sticks Is your cage made, but it will be broken one day. Lalon says: Open the cage, look how the bird wings away! People ask, what is Lalon's caste? Lalon says, my eyes fail to detect The signs of caste. Don't you see that Some wear garlands, some rosaries Around the neck? But does it make any Difference brother? O, tell me, What mark does one carry when One is born, or when one dies? The Bauls of Bengal are spiritual sect of traveling minstrels whose songs of joy, love, and longing for a mystical union with the divine have captivated audiences for the past century. They are saffron-clad folk singers who traditionally live in the huts of rural Bengal though they can be found traveling, dancing, and singing their way around the world. Their livelihood depends entirely on donations which have been given to them freely over the centuries. They are teachers and spiritual gurus and they are a peace loving people that embrace all and quarrel with none. In fact, Bengalis are known to be among the most friendly and intelligent people in Indian Subcontinent.. The Bouls are the folk heroes of Bengal. "The popular romantic imagination everywhere seeks expression through its chosen bards: we have our Bob Dylans and Leonard Cohens, the Bengalis have thier Bauls. These wandering minstrels carry with them from village to city the soul of Bengal, perhaps of India, and every Bengali knows it even if today he is becoming uncertain what that soul really is" www.jasimuddin.org/lalon Kategorie: Musik Tags: * www.jasimuddin.org/lalon