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Purna Das Baul, popularly known as Purna Das Baul Samrat, (born 18 March 1933) is an Indian musician and singer in the Baul tradition. The artist is sometimes cited as Purna Chandra Das, though 'Purna Das Baul' is used to avoid confusion with other artists.
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Purna Das Baul, popularly known as Purna Das Baul Samrat, (born 18 March 1933) is an Indian musician and singer in the Baul tradition. The artist is sometimes cited as Purna Chandra Das, though 'Purna Das Baul' is used to avoid confusion with other artists and individuals with the same name. He has traveled to over 140 countries throughout the world and presented the Baul tradition. Purna Das Baul Samrat is perceived as the successor to the once wandering mendicant minstrels, the Bauls of Bengal, a historical territory which is currently divided between the People's Republic of Bangladesh (previously East Bengal/East Pakistan) and the Indian state of West Bengal, and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Assam, and Odisha. Das is a traditional surname among Bauls as well as in other members of the populace in this region. Born in 1933 in the Birbhum district, West Bengal, India, Purna Das Baul Samrat is the son of Nabini Das Kapha Baul and was born in the village of Ekchakka near Rampurhat in Birbhum. Purna Das's wife, Manju Das Baul, is both a Baul and a singer of Indian and Bengali folk songs in other traditions, and also a musicographer, principally in non-English idioms. Of Purna Das's three sons, Subhendu ("Beautiful Moon") Bapi Das Baul, is a musician who also works in the Baul tradition while concurrently branching out, musically, into global fusion, having lived for many years in France. Purna Das Baul Samrat's son Dibyendu Das Baul joined Purna Das Baul Samrat in the Baul Samrat's musical and liturgical troupe. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the modern state of India, acknowledged Purna Das as Baul Samrat in 1967. In this capacity, Purna Das Baul Samrat was awarded the Indian President’s Award by Shri K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of India, in 1999. Purna Das has also appeared in numerous films and was personally fêted by Mick Jagger in England, and by Bob Dylan who told Purna Das that he himself would be 'the Baul of America'.
Purna Das Baul, popularly known as Purna Das Baul Samrat, (born 18 March 1933) is an Indian musician and singer in the Baul tradition. The artist is sometimes cited as Purna Chandra Das, though 'Purna Das Baul' is used to avoid confusion with other artists.
Description
Purna Das Baul, popularly known as Purna Das Baul Samrat, (born 18 March 1933) is an Indian musician and singer in the Baul tradition. The artist is sometimes cited as Purna Chandra Das, though 'Purna Das Baul' is used to avoid confusion with other artists and individuals with the same name. He has traveled to over 140 countries throughout the world and presented the Baul tradition. Purna Das Baul Samrat is perceived as the successor to the once wandering mendicant minstrels, the Bauls of Bengal, a historical territory which is currently divided between the People's Republic of Bangladesh (previously East Bengal/East Pakistan) and the Indian state of West Bengal, and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Assam, and Odisha. Das is a traditional surname among Bauls as well as in other members of the populace in this region. Born in 1933 in the Birbhum district, West Bengal, India, Purna Das Baul Samrat is the son of Nabini Das Kapha Baul and was born in the village of Ekchakka near Rampurhat in Birbhum. Purna Das's wife, Manju Das Baul, is both a Baul and a singer of Indian and Bengali folk songs in other traditions, and also a musicographer, principally in non-English idioms. Of Purna Das's three sons, Subhendu ("Beautiful Moon") Bapi Das Baul, is a musician who also works in the Baul tradition while concurrently branching out, musically, into global fusion, having lived for many years in France. Purna Das Baul Samrat's son Dibyendu Das Baul joined Purna Das Baul Samrat in the Baul Samrat's musical and liturgical troupe. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the modern state of India, acknowledged Purna Das as Baul Samrat in 1967. In this capacity, Purna Das Baul Samrat was awarded the Indian President’s Award by Shri K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of India, in 1999. Purna Das has also appeared in numerous films and was personally fêted by Mick Jagger in England, and by Bob Dylan who told Purna Das that he himself would be 'the Baul of America'.
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