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Shafi Mondol

Date:
Saturday, November 16, 2013 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm Location:
801 South 48th Street
Philadelphia, PA
19143
United States
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Website:
http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org Baul folk music from Bangladesh “Calming the inner being, Shafi Mondol sings gorgeous praise songs to spiritual love. It's a rare privilege to hear music like this.” - The Scotsman, EdinburghThe Bauls of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal wander from village to village performing a unique devotional music that UNESCO has included in its register of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Members of a religious community influenced by both Hindu and Sufi mysticism, they sing songs that represent spiritual love with very earthly metaphors, all accompanied by the one-stringed ektara and four-stringed dotara, along with dhol drum and other hand percussion. Shafi Mondol is one of their leading practitioners, performers, and teachers. He received his training from Shadhon Mukherjee, and he specializes in the music of Lalon Phakir, a 19th-century Bengali Sufi saint and song-maker. Mondol tours internationally and runs the Bhabnagor Shongeet Ashram (school), where many of his disciples are among the foremost singers of Bangladesh. His contribution has been pivotal in the continuation of the Baul tradition.