Videos: Folk Musicians from Rajasthan and West Bengal: Baul performance, symposium (1991)
Title
Videos: Folk Musicians from Rajasthan and West Bengal: Baul performance, symposium (1991)
Subject
Folk music--India--Rajasthan; Hindu music; Ethnology
Creator
Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR), Inc.
Contributor
Basudeb Das Baul (musician, son); Bishwanath Das Baul (musician, son); Sanatan Das Baul (singer, father); Jim Capellini (director of the Mercurios Foundation, Prescott, Arizona); Basudeb Das Baul (music discussant); Bishawanath Das Baul (music discussant); Abhi Ghosh (interpreter); Joann W. Kealiinohomoku (presenter, anthropologist); Cynthia Knox (presenter, psychotherapist)
Language
English; Bengali
URL
Concert. Baul-Gan: An Evening of Baul Music. Devotional Folk Music of Bengal. Concert of Bengali poetry and dance. American Debut of one of Bengal, India's premier Baul musicians. 8pm, 1991 June 1. Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Baul Symposium. Free public Symposium on Baul culture, philosophy and performance arts. Comparisons made with other religious groups of India. Presenters include: Joann W. Kealiinohomoku (anthropologist); Cynthia Knox (psychotherapist); Jim Capellini (director of the Mercurios Foundation, Prescott, Arizona). Baul musicians also participate in discussion and answer audience questions through an interpreter. 2-4pm, 1991 June 1. Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Description
This video recording documents an event(s) produced and/or sponsored by Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR), Inc., a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Arizona and located in Flagstaff, Arizona (1981—). While under the direction of anthropologist of dance Dr. Joann W. Kealiinohomoku (1981–2015), the organization Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR), Inc. hosted, produced, and recorded numerous educational lectures, dance workshops, cultural performances, and scholarly colloquia. The Baul Symposium was funded in part by a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council (AHC). Events were sponsored by Air India and Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR), Inc. Contextual information and details about these events, artists and recordings may be accessed through the Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR) Collections at Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, Arizona.
Localities: India; Rajasthan, India; West Bengal, India
Ephemera: Click to view: Photo, Newspaper clipping
Restrictions: Preferred use is for personal study, research, education, and cultural exchange. Out of respect to original contributors, video may not be monetized or used for commercial purposes. Authorization is to be obtained from the administrator at Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections prior to any public display, publication, quotation, or reproduction.
Digital File: Digitization of this media item [2019] was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) which was made possible through funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Metadata Source: “Descriptive, Administrative and Technical Metadata: Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections Digital Media Archive” (featured item; video tab; rows: 236, 237)
Localities: India; Rajasthan, India; West Bengal, India
Ephemera: Click to view: Photo, Newspaper clipping
Restrictions: Preferred use is for personal study, research, education, and cultural exchange. Out of respect to original contributors, video may not be monetized or used for commercial purposes. Authorization is to be obtained from the administrator at Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections prior to any public display, publication, quotation, or reproduction.
Digital File: Digitization of this media item [2019] was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) which was made possible through funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Metadata Source: “Descriptive, Administrative and Technical Metadata: Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections Digital Media Archive” (featured item; video tab; rows: 236, 237)
Original Format
VHS videotape
Date
1991 June 1
Citation
Cross-Cultural Dance Resources (CCDR), Inc., “Videos: Folk Musicians from Rajasthan and West Bengal: Baul performance, symposium (1991),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 29, 2025, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/1047.