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* You may also read about the [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Hindu/Jogis%20and%20Nirgun%20Bhajans%20in%20Bhojpuri-Speaking%20India.pdf Hindu bhajans].
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* You may like to read about another  Hindu devotional genre, the [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Hindu/Jogis%20and%20Nirgun%20Bhajans%20in%20Bhojpuri-Speaking%20India.pdf bhajan].
 
* For further background on the Bauls, see [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Baul/The%20Esoteric%20Belief%20of%20the%20Bauls%20of%20Bengal.pdf another article by Capwell].   
 
* For further background on the Bauls, see [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Baul/The%20Esoteric%20Belief%20of%20the%20Bauls%20of%20Bengal.pdf another article by Capwell].   
 
* For an  overview of the  religious songs of Nobel-laureate Rabindranath Tagore (whose spirituality was powerfully influenced by both Hinduism and the Bauls) see [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Baul/The%20Religious%20Motif%20in%20the%20Poetry%20of%20Rabindranath%20Tagore.pdf The Religious Motif in the  poetry of Rabindranath Tagore]
 
* For an  overview of the  religious songs of Nobel-laureate Rabindranath Tagore (whose spirituality was powerfully influenced by both Hinduism and the Bauls) see [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MR/Chanting%20devotion/Baul/The%20Religious%20Motif%20in%20the%20Poetry%20of%20Rabindranath%20Tagore.pdf The Religious Motif in the  poetry of Rabindranath Tagore]

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Assigned readings, listenings, viewings

Islamic. Please read my survey of inshad dini (Islamic hymnody in Egypt). Then read listening notes for corresponding audio examples. You may also listen to a typical mawlid and read the associated album notes. The mawlid is a celebration of the Prophet Muhammad's birth, including devotional singing; it is frequently recited in the mystical orders of Islam, the turuq Sufiyya - in this case the Hamidiyya Shadhiliyya order of Egypt.

Hindu. Please read Slawek's Popular Kirtan in Benares For audio examples of various kinds of Hindu devotional singing (including kirtans and bhajans) see [1].

Baul. The Bauls ('madcaps') are a little-known group of itinerant musicians from Bengal, whose religious tradition draws upon Buddhism, Tantra, and Vaishnavism, and is close to mystical Islam as well. Please read Capwell's Popular Expression of Religious Syncretism. Listen to two Baul songs performed by Subal Das Baul and his ensemble:

  • Gyan Anjana Nayane Dao. Text by Radhashyam Gonsai, 1960. Instrumental accompaniment: Khal (two-headed drum), Dhotari (lute typical of west Bengal), Ektara (a single-stringed instrument most emblematic of the Bauls; made of a gourd, it is said to be descended from the gopiyantra, the instrument used by the gopis, Krishna's cowhered maidens), Duggi (small round drum).



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Include here articles about devotional chant - intoned religious texts apart from the recitation of Divinely-given ones. Try to cover (collectively) as many religious traditions as possible. Follow your citation with a capsule summary.