A Baul Singer performing a baul song in the countryside of West Bengal in India. Baul or Bauls (Bengali: বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal, and living in Rural West Bengal, India & Bangladesh. Their music and way of life have influenced a large segment of Bengali culture; also Baul music had a great influence on Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore's poetry and on his music (Rabindra Sangeet).