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In India, a Baul mystic is singing COVID-19 advice to rural communities
In India, a Baul mystic is singing COVID-19 advice to rural communities

In East India, a popular mystic musician has been traveling and singing to spread awareness to the rural masses about COVID-19. Gautum Hazra draws on the syncretic Baul tradition that has influenced Western artists like Bob Dylan and blends Vaishnavite devotional Hinduism, Tantric Buddhism, Sufi thought and other traditions to emphasize religious harmony and tolerance.

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