They usually carried either a khamak, a string instrument with one or two strings attached to the head of a small drum or an ektara, a plucked single string drone.Baul singers usually traveled alone and had their characteristic musical accompaniments.Lalon Shah is regarded as the most celebrated Baul saint in history.The lyrics in Baul music urge man to search for God within himself and decry the role of mosques and temples in the quest of God. The lyrics and music are soul searching, quite comparable to the genre of Sufi music.
The word Baul means “afflicted with the wind disease” and the Baul singers are traditionally wandering minstrels singing their particular form of folk music.Baul Music is a form of folk music, unique to Bangladesh and West Bengal of India.
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