Mirror of the Sky, is the name Rabindranath Tagore gave Nabani Das Khyapa Baul. The Roots of Baul : August 2021

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Indigenous Fraud, Indigenous Identity theft!

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No poaching, stealing, hijacking stories, telling the stories that have only ever been told by Babu Kishan, this is indigenous identity theft. You are not the authority and not even from Birbhum, using Baul as a road to social media fame and fundraising for finacial jackpots? Baul has been preserved by Babu Kishan over a 60 year period, there is no need by any outsider to fundraise to preserve Baul, this is insidious.

NO taking names off and recreating fake stories or stealing anything from this blog, no taking Babu Kishan's already lived life and trying to gaslight the public in India and worldwide that you actually are an academic or went to the Ramakrishna Mission or a music composer. All will be qualified in public and called out, this has gone on for decades. Baul is not a game, this lineages songs, style of instruments, dance style, dress and where they have gone and what they have achieved have been appropriated and acted out. No Baul has ever gone to University, attended the Ramakrishna Mission or had a career in Indian Cinema, Bollywood or has been educated in Indian Music, these are first and one and only's in Baul by Babu Kishan. No body can ever relive or try to be the famous Baul singer Purna Das Baul is, that is a one off, one time only because Baul history and her-story are complete. It is disgraceful that random generic middle class people not from Birbhum have created fake Baul Gurus and fake Lineages. Baul is an indigenous lineage of powerful ancestors who gave up their lives, cease and desist in stealing the intellectual property, the songs, style of dance, donations, awards that should be for the indigenous Bauls in Birbhum this is all they have left is their legacy, it is not meant for fake social media jackpot fundraisers who we have documented and have proof of this identity theft, perhaps go and get a job, Baul is not a career, it is meant for the indigenous people who lived it.

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Baul Dress (GUDURI) designed only by Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul in 1970's.

PICTURES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS!!

Before the MID 1970's, no Bauls wore this dress, they all followed this dress because all Bauls always followed 'Purna Das Baul' and before him his father 'Nabani Das Khyapa Baul', there are no mistakes here.

There are so many sweet hearted village Bengali's that follow Baul, innocent and we have loved them to follow us, this is to clear up some of the people who are changing the narrative and making up stories for a long time now. When the lineage holder is away, the younger people have not got a clue and if it looks exotic it must be real, duping westerners is not cool.

Babu has always encouraged and supported other, that is why he recorded, preserved for over 60 years and encouraged all to follow Baul. He just did not expect what is going on today, with a few ruining it for everybody making up lineages, stories and using every thing from his lineage but taking his name off.

BABU KISHAN'S DESIGN - was created for film that he was part of and for his Dad's travels around the world.

Purna Das Baul has been traveling (world wide) since the 1950's and all over India as a state Singer for Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi.

No other Baul ever in the history of Baul traveled outside of Birbhum or around the world but this family, all Bauls who travel followed this lineage absolutely, dress, song, recording music, and visiting their friends? Mentioning Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg when they never had any connection to these people?

Nabani Das Khyapa Baul was a state singer for Nehru during the freedom Movement.

This one and only lineage are the fist to sing on big stages, to record, to travel around the world. Yet, others are bragging they did this and that making up new lineages that never existed copying Nabani's style of Ektara Baya and Nupoor but never explaining why or where they use this style? Turning Baul into a generic term as an umbrella for a group of people who are not Baul, the fake it til you make it, the riders on the coat tail of??

This lineage are the pioneers and only lineage of Baul aka Vaishnava Tantric Bauls of Birbhum, this lineage are the pied pipers of gathering people through their song and Vaishnava Baul Kirtan.

No one ever mentioned 'Baul Kirtan' ever, heads up keep an eye who now mentions Baul Kirtan as if they invented it?

Not one new Baul singers could ever explain what Baul is, now you will see them making video's explaining because they have been through my blog and omg they are collecting devotee's and grabbing what they can to delude unsuspecting people? It is a show, if you do not know Bengali let alone Birbhum Bengali how can you understand what is real and what is not real?

When a Baul singer says, or records songs, 'by Baul Masters', it means they don't know who wrote the songs, purposely cutting the names of the poets off the songs, or ignorantly covering and playing innocent.

This is Cultural Appropriation. I know Babu Kishan knows all the names of who wrote what Baul lyrics, who recorded the Baul song and 100% the name of the poet. Baul never says, Baul Masters they are called Baul Guru!

Cutting names off and using a random cover name like "Baul Master" is cultural misappropriation especially when you follow this lineage "Ektara, Baya, Nupoor', but make up a different lineage.

Baul believes in the Human, they always named their poets. Do some deep life long research and name the poets, do not randomize, water down and reduce Baul history or herstory - or the Human Baul poet who has a name, by just saying "a Baul Master"?

All - Das Baul or Dasi - are this lineage if you see any "DAS BAUL" he follows this lineage and they should know who's songs they sing.

THE FIRST ORIGINAL PATCH WORK GUDURI DESIGNED BY (BABU KISHAN) FOR HIS FATHER (PURNA DAS BAUL)

Babu Kishan style.

^^^^^^^^ ALL BAULS FOLLOW EVERYTHING PURNA DAS BAUL (PADMA SHRI) Does and did. How he dressed, beads around the neck and how this lineage dances, Nabani style Ektara, Baya, Nupur.

The Dotara is copied from Gopal Das Baul son of the Ekachakra Nityananda Mandir in Ekachakra - he was Nabani's daughter's husband.

Manju Dasi was the first to add the harmonium.

Nabani added to an extra string to the Khamak the Mystic Drum, all Bauls play with the 2 strings now and Nabani named it the "Ananda Lahari".

So if you see any Baul playing the Khamak with 2 strings that is Nabani style too.

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BEFORE BABUKISHAN'S DESIGN -

HE DID A THEATRE production CALLED 'CHAITANYA MAHAPRABU' THIS IS HIS DRESS FOR HIS DAD (PURNA DAS BAUL)

REGULAR BAUL DRESS BEFORE THE PATCH WORK GUDURI below -

NO BAULS USED (EKATAR 'Gopi Yantra" - BAYA side drum - NUPOOR - ankle beels) BEFORE NABANI AND OF COURSE PURNA DAS BAUL IS HIS ELDEST SON, SO OF COURSE HE FOLLOWED HIS LINEAGE AND HIS FATHER.

NABANI DAS KHYAPA BAUL - MIRROR OF THE SKY - HOW THIS LINEAGE DRESSED BEFORE THE NEW DESIGN BY BABU KISHAN - NOTICE NABANI STYLE EKATARA BAYA (DRUM) THAT IS NABANI'S STYLE ONLY, ALL FOLLOW HIM

Nabani Das Khyapa Baul style, Nabani was an adept Siddha Baul Avadhut. ALL BAULS FOLLOWED NABANI.

Babu Kishan in traditional lineage Baul style,

Before Nabani Das Khyapa Baul no Bauls, used Ektara, Baya (hand drum) and Nupoor (ankle Bells).

When you see anybody, any Baul using these instruments they are following Nabani Das Baul. It does not matter who they are and guaranteed they are singing the songs from this Lineage or many sing Bengali folk songs, not even Baul songs.

If you see any Baul use a dotara they are following Radharani's husband Gopal Das Baul, he is the first to use the Dotara in the 1940's he was the son of the Pujari of the Ekachakra Mandir in Ekachakra and disciple of Nabani who married him to his daughter Radharani.

This lineage sings Baul songs and Baul Kirtan and all Vaishnava Baul songs and kirtan come from this Lineage and have always come from this Lineage. This is the Lineage of Nityananda of Ekachakra, Nabani and Purna Das Baul all come from Ekachakra Birbhum.

There is not other Lineage.

BABU KISHAN ALSO, INTRODUCED THIS STYLE IN A BENGALI FILM CALLED TAGORI AND HE MADE A NEW DESIGN FOR WOMEN BAUL WORN BY SANDHI ROY IN TAGORI. NOW BAUL WOMEN COPY THAT STYLE TOO.

TOGORI IS A STORY ON HIS AUNT RADHARANI. TODAY'S WOMEN BAULS COPY THE STYLE FROM THE MOVIE TAGORI (1980) ISH.

HISTORICAL.

This is Babu Kishan'S own designed patchwork quilt style he developed in the 1970's for his Dad 'Purna Das Baul' and as you can see below all Bauls follow this lineage in Dress, Dotara and Ektara, Baya and Nupur. I wonder what Nabani would have thought. Babu Kishan thinks it is great, but tell the truth, don't copy everything, follow what they do and then take their names off and make up stories??? Do not make up Lineages and cheat people.

Indigenous identity theft!

This Guy say's he had played with Bob Dylan and all the people that Babu Kishan hung out with ?? He is no more, but he followed this family and Babu knew him. He had nothing to do with Bob Dylan.

Nabani Das Khyapa Baul Ektara Baya Nupoor (ankle bells) are only Nabani's style, why is this style being used by others who have created Fake Baul Guru's and FAKE lineages based on a poet or a teacher who is not a indigenous Baul?

It should be noted that Golemale Gomale is a song first recorded by Purna Das Baul the song is Nabani Das Khypa Baul Lyrics, this Baul dressed in Babu Kishan's dress must know this. This is what I am talking about singing the songs from this lineage and then Writing Bangla Baul song as if he wrote it. ?? Another picture of this guy, it says all rights reserved.

Well - All rights are reserved on this song too.

WOMEN BAUL SINGER WEARING THE TAGORI (MOVIE) STYLE DRESS THAT BABU KISHAN DESIGNED For THE MOVIE TAGORI on his Aunt Radharani.

But hey who would know?? Copies Nabani Das Khyapa Baul songs, rerecording them and putting others poets name on. Of course a poet from this lineage, but the real names are omitted and everything is copied from this lineage, songs, style, where they go and what they do. This is the tip of the iceberg in Indigenous identity theft and it will be qualifed and called out. Baul has already been preserved over a 60 year period by Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul. It is indigenous fraud to fundraise or take awards in the name of Baul when you are not a Baul or indigenous to Baul.

BAUL WOMEN DO NOT DRESS THIS WAY NOR DO THEY HAVE JATA. This dress style was designed for a movie called Tagori about his Aunt Radharani Dasi. He designed it do you think he can't see what is going on. Do you think he doesn't know his Grandfathers song was taken and re-recorded right off his youtube channel without his permission? Others have recorded his lineages songs but to copy this lineages everything and then create a fake Baul Guru and fake lineage, do you really think they don't know. Leave his 92 year old father alone.

SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER PICTURES ALL WEARING BABU KISHAN'S DESIGN AND FOLLOWING NABANI STYLE EKATARA BAYA NUPOOR (ANKLE BELLS).

WHO FOLLOW WHO!

NEXT I WILL PROFILE BAULS WHO SING THE SONGS FROM THIS LINEAGE BUT GIVE NO CREDIT TO THE WRITER OF THE SONGS BUT SAY THEY ARE FROM A DIFFERENT LINEAGE.

THIS POST MAY GROW OVER TIME.

THIS BLOG IS A RECORD.

Nabani did not wear a patch work Guduri (dress) this is completely Babu Kishan's style that was followed and popular with all pretendian Baul actors who copied everything from this lineage, songs, styles, dance and where they went and what their already lived history and herstory was, Baul is complete, stop the indigenous identity theft.

The below are only exclusive to this one and only singular Baul Parampara or lineage, all the terms and associations, for too long Baul has been mis-appropriated by inauthentic opportunistic fake Bauls and written about with false narratives by the Colonial Academic scholarly institutions.

Critique & Preservation

#Baultruth #Baulculturalappropriation #Baulrealhistory #EndangeredBaullineage #Baulendangeredlineageparampara #Baulhistory #baularchive #archivedbaul

Baul Music

#baulmusic #baulgaan #Bauldocumentary #baulsangeet #baulkirtan #ektara #gopiyantra

Related Figures & Movements

#RabindranathTagore #BaulTagore #osho #VaishnavaBaul #TantricBaul #vaishnavaaghori #Ramakrishna #BaulandRamakrishna

General & Other

#baul #historicalBaul #pioneeringBaul #baulwomen #baulsaint #legendarybaul #baulartist #BaulGuruShishyaParampara #Baulparampara

"Authentic Baul" #AuthenticBaul

"Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls" #VaishnavaSahajiyaTantricBauls

"Birbhum Baul" #BirbhumBaul

"Nabani Das Khyapa Baul" #NabaniDasKhyapaBaul

"Babu Kishan Baul" / "Krishnendu Das Baul" #KrishnenduDasBaul

"Baul Guru Shishya Parampara" #BaulGuruShishyaParampara #Baulparampara

"Baul philosophy" #Baulphilosophy

"Krishna Kali unity" #Krishnakali

"Raai Raja lila" #RaaiRajaLila

"Real Baul history" #Baulrealhistory

"Baul cultural appropriation" #baulculturalappropriation

"Endangered Baul lineage" #Baulendangeredlineageparampara

#BaulandRamakrishna

Baul and Ramakrishna is only associated with KD Babu Kishan as he is the only Baul to be a monk in the Ramakrishna Mission for 12 years, this is a first and last in Baul.

#Baul&Tantra

Baul and Tantra is only associated with Nabani Das Khyapa Baul and KD Babu Kishan, Baul and Tarapith is only associated with them both too. Those others are not Baul as Baul Artist of an non-indigenous Baul is not a Baul but a users, poser, actor trying to remake the already lived lives of this parampara, do you speak the language, do you know what they are singing or who is the owner of the songs, or even if the songs are Baul songs, no you do not, so don't make emotional promotional comments when you do not even understand. You are cheering for a fake Baul and have no clue.

The practice of "Baul Kirtan-anga" Copyright, all songs will be reclaimed that belong to this lineages.
#BaulKirtan
(only this lineage, parampara, no one used Baul kirtan until they read it on this blog, this is downright appropriation and false advertising by fake opportunistic self-titled so-called Bauls for marketing purposes, they have appropriated this lineages intellectual property, it can be proven and must be brought to the attention of the public because they are asking for donations and fundraising for jackpots, awards, grants and are not Baul, their Guru is a fake Baul Guru.
The "Rasa Lila Mystics" this is the only lineage parampara that is Vaishnava and Vaishnava Sahajiya Gosia Chandra Das Baul and Dasi, there is not another, never was. #BaultheRasaLilaMystics
"Baul Tantra Mantra Gopi Yantra". Copyright, no poaching
#Baultantramantragopiyantra
"The path of the Avadhuta". Copyright there are no other Baul Avadhuta's and that title only belongs to this lineage or singular parampara, there is not another. They make Baul a no name generic Baul while claiming the intellectual property and the already lived firsts and lasts of this lineage. I have documented thousands of misuse of Baul for over 20 years, if you would like to see my research contact KD Babu Kishan, his website is listed throughout this blog and website
#BaulthepathoftheAvadhuta
"Baul Sahaja is Krishna & Dattatreya Sahaja". Copyright and only mentioned by KD Babu Kishan
#BaulsahajaKrishnaDattatreyasahahaja

The Windcatchers (Vayu Tula). #BaulVayuTula. #baulwindcatchers

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