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Happy New Year! May this year bring more of the things that you love… happiness, good health, peace, passion, prosperity, and most of all love for the environment ! I am starting off my first post with this beautiful baul  song video from the Baul Fakir Utsav 2019 at Shaktigarh, Jadavpur. Baul songs are folk songs from Bengal that have an influence of Vaishnav Hindu and Sufi songs. Spiritual, and sung with so much passion and simplicity that every time I listen to Baul songs, I feel overwhelmed. You may be interested in the following as well: Baul mela  at Jadavpur, Kolkata, Jan 2013 Baul Mela , Jadavpur, 2014 Baul Mela  2015 at Jadavpur, Kolkata,India Baul mela  2016, Jadavpur,India Baul song video at the Baul mela 2017 at Jadavpur, Kolkata

My favourite time of the year is here again. The weather is nice and cool, and there is music in the air. I managed to attend the baul mela, in Shaktigarh at Jadavpur Kolkata, last weekend.This two-day event happens every year in the 2nd weekend of January. I try not to miss it if I am in the city. I am sharing a beautiful baul performance from the baul mela. You may be interested in the following as well: Baul mela  at Jadavpur, Kolkata, Jan 2013 Baul Mela , Jadavpur, 2014 Baul Mela  2015 at Jadavpur, Kolkata,India Baul mela  2016, Jadavpur,India

Baul Mela Jadavpur 2014  Baul mela is quite a popular gathering of bauls from various parts of India and Bangladesh. I love baul songs. This gathering happens every year in Shaktigarh math in Jadavpur, Kolkata. It usually happens during the first weekend of January. You don’t need to buy tickets; the entrance is free for all. But it gets so crowded that it is difficult to find a place. Since the Baul performance goes on till 2 am in the morning, it is a good idea to go there around 12 am, you will definitely find a suitable place then! I could not watch the entire series of performances but managed to watch a few. There is something so beautiful and spiritual about baul songs. Here is a video of one of the baul performances.

Sharing another baul song, sung by a well-known baul from Bangladesh at the Jadavpur Baul mela January 6th 2013. The video is not that good because there was too much light reflecting on my camera. But the song is really nice. It is in bengali but I think even if you don't understand Bengali, you might enjoy listening to it because there someting so spiritual about it.