One day we visted small village in southeast India, near border with Bengal. There are Theatre House, where a lot of artist from all the world are practicing acting, singing, dancing... Places set up by Abani Biswas, leader of Milon Mela project. He was one of the collaborators polish theatrical director Jerzy Grotowski. Jerzy Grotowski was interested in work and philosophy small group of singers call Bauls. Baul is someone who is going very simple way and step by step he is knowing the world.
Three years ago we were able to record the material on Bauls, during our stay at the festival.
Why was Jerzy Grotowski interested in Bauls? Who are they?
According to Tagore, they are the perpetual wanders who follows their spiritual path, singing.
They walk thought the world in Search for God – the “Man of heart”. In most case they come from the lower reaches but they don’t care about their background – Muslim or Hindu.
Bauls means crazy. It someone who questions social older - the rituals, scriptures, temples, images of goods, holy places, pilgrims, religious symbols and also caste system
During our journey inspired by the work of the famous Polish theatre artist Jerzy Grotowsky, we discovered Bauls, the perpetual wanders, called „The people of hart”.