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Amar Nath Kumar

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Reconfiguring Tradition: Baul Performance and the Politics of Folk Authenticity

The Criterion An International Journal in English August 31, 2026 Sukhiram Kumar, Amar Nath Kumar

Bengal has a glorious and long-standing lineage of folk traditions.Amongst them, Baul tradition stands at the acme of the indigenous hierarchy of Bengal (both East and West Bengal).Baul tradition is exclusively an amalgamation of various distinctive religious traditions including Sufi mysticism, Sahajiya Buddhism, and Tantric philosophies.Baul practices historically resisted the established...