What do you know about it? Does it exist in other cultures too? Is it just a myth or is there any truth to it?
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Baijoo Bavraa is a Mythical tale but I would love to believe it was true. The Idea of a Musical duel and the fact that Music has so much power is indeed very appealing and the whole story itself is very inspiring.
There is no equivalent to Baijoo Bavraa (Baijoo the Madman) he was a Man deeply in love and who had a personal grudge with the countries greatest Musician. It might be a Predominantly Hindu tale and goes down in floklore as being a Hindu ideology it mirrors the Sufi aspects of Quwwali and another pathway to Allah and salvation.
In other Cultures theres ballads of men like Rouben the Trabadour who persoanlly helped raised funds to free his King from Prison. Qais (Majnoo) was also purported to be a Musical genius with great power as were men like Maulana Rumi and Amir Khusro who had a great power of Lyrics and Music respectively but they all differ somewhat from Baijoo in the general story.
The Bollywood Film Baijoo Bawraa was a big hit and I remember seeing it many years ago and it was a real gem of a film… modern Bollywood can go to Hell and stay there becuase it is a shame to calssic masterpieces. 
I think such a story cannot be entirely Mythical certainly the idea of a Duel between Tansen the Musicain of Emperor Akbar and a celebrated Madman deserves some scrtutiny wether or not it actually happened it gives a great perspective to the period of Mughal History from a sociological perpective Baijoo was what you might call a Musical Robin Hood or William Tell becuase he stood up to the elite of the day…
I would love to say he was real becuase the whole story is very moving but even if it isn’t that wont stop people singing…
“Thoo Ganga kee Maauj mein, Jamna ka dharaa…”
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I thought Bijjoo Bavraa was a creature that eats dead persons. 
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Well now I really am confused :konfused:
I thought you meant this…
I am not fammiliar with a simmilar term for Cannibals :hmmm:
Where I am from they call such people Adam Korsch or Adam (Man eaters)
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Never heard of it 
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Oh my I thought it was the greatest folk tale to have emerged from Renaisance India… 
I did not know it was used to refer to Man eating Creatures / Cannibals from the subcontinent.
The only tems I know for Cannibal or Man eater are.
Adam Korsch
Vetala (Sanskrit for Man Demon or Vampire)
And Raakshast again another man eating demon.
Not at all fammiliar with the term Bijoo Bawra… I was thinking it was a misprunonciation of Baiju Bawra but it seems to have a different meaning in Hareem01’s context.
From what I know Bawraa is Hindi for Mad or Rabid.
Baiju or Bijoo is a short name of the Common Hindu name Baijnaath.
Someone please clarify this matter. 
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lol@ baiju bawra being cannibal :D
what next? sur das = pig worshipper?
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lol@ baiju bawra being cannibal what next? sur das = pig worshipper?
Queer welcome to the world of Culture and Linguistics where one word can have many meanings.
Waissay I am trying to figure out something here and your really not helping...
Bawraa can be construed to mean rabid as well you know, correct me if I am wrong.
But in Paksitan I remember the cry of Bawraaa Kuttaaa! or (Rabid Dog!) as a common enough shout when I was young often stray Dogs infected with Hydropohobia used to enter villages in thier terrible state... So it was common enough for a lot of people run to shelter... while the gunslingers got ready to save the day. :D
Maybe the term Baijoo Bawraa has become a Coloqial Saying for somone who is a MadMan or nutter.... it's not hard to see this theory in practice actually considering how easy it is to confuse the Bawraa bit which can be as I have said construed to have several meanings.
:)
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^Faris that was Bawla, not bawra. 
I swear guys I’ve heard so many stories about this creature digging the grave, waking up the newly dead person and then eating it. I’m not sure if it’s called Bijjoo Bawra or something else.
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r, l, what is the big difference, haleem bibi..
i think you mean bichoo balma, the loverboy scorpion who digs thru graves and stings the dead.
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okay i had to call someone to ask.....it's called Bijjoo (badger). lol
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Aaah the Badger… 
And I have sifted through completey the wrong trails… Queer was first to find the right tracks with Bichoo (Scorpion). Bijoo for Badger I see the the distinction now.
Well that was a right beat about the bush so it was… I had to hunt down everything from Baiju Bawra to Bijoo Bawla… 
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Bichoo Balma?
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This is an awesome example of a Linguistic Conunderum…
This should go down well with the institute I think… 
Hareem01 I dont mean to be patronizing or mean in any way. I thank you so much for such a hilarious thread and also thanks for keeping me thinking all day…
We only figured it out after about 8 hours…
Classic LOL moment. 
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i thought u guyz r talking about ‘The Crow’ who dig on graves and bring dead back to alive
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Yeah in some regions Bichoo is also a coloqiual term for Crows, Bears and even the humble Mongoose… it’s damn confussing but makes a great oppurtunity for a laugh…
In fact all this has inspired me to open a specific thread in Science and Nature which I must do soon, maybe Tommorow.
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heheheh remind me an old song "Daiya re daiya re kaise re katy bichowa! char giya re char giya re pappi bichowa"
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Hahaha the good old days 
Kids these days dont even have sense of humour anymore.
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lol... funniest thread in a long time.
baijoo bawra (btw bawra= bawla in bhojpuri) must be rolling over with bicchoos in his grave.
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fixed it for hareem
Daiya re daiya re kaise re katy baijoo baavra ! char giya re char giya re pappi baijoo baavra" 