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It rained today. It was a good day.I remember how people came out and danced in the streets when it rained in India; How they would give a portion of all that they had to the fire ceremony All that they coaxed from the soil or milked or crafted with their hands So there would be life-giving rain.The fire used to light the fire pit Was maintained and handed down Generations upon generations back.So much power in that, I could barely hold up my own head Or walk around the fire one more time And then it rained.*This song immediately came up whilst I was writing this. We are all made of stars... EssentialAnd here is a ceremony of a different sort in this vid clip Feeling and creativity... Life emerging as itself: empty, full, emptied, filled Production values go in different directions ;) Intent focus on giving.... Intent focus on giving. Celebration, boredom, style... yearning for Differences that meet at the root of things.What comes naturally in every case - Life. I sense somehow; could be wrong, but?
I came across this interview/performance during a search for a trailer of director, Mira Nair's', early movie: "Salaam, Bombay!" The movie is about the life of street children trying to keep body and soul together in a difficult terrain on their own.
I can't recommend this movie highly enough.
Most of the people in the movie have no previous acting experience - though I believe India has the 2nd largest movie industry in the world. The main actor, Krishna, is definitely a novice - though you would never know it - or maybe you would - as his performance is as real and heartfelt as any I've ever seen.
There's something to be said for a fresh slate.
I don't believe he has done any acting after doing this film.I stayed on the suggested link and listened to Ashwin Batish's song, though, and really liked it. Maybe you will too.
While this clip is clearly a promotion for his DVD, I want to find more of his music...
I only wish the percussionists and so on were there in the studio as well.
I feel I must include this information to use this clip:
Info and Commercial Bits:
"Ashwin Batish
was on tour when he was invited to perform his special brand of Sitar
Power for "Musique Plus" in Montreal, Canada. Ashwin is playing a live
version of the song Bombay Boogie from his album Sitar Power #1 - "a
fusion of rock and Indian music." Please read on with some of the
reviews this music has garnered over the years. Ashwin's
pioneering efforts have truly made a place for such fusions to be
considered a mainstay in today's musical world. This video
is an edited version of a 25 minute interview performance by Ashwin.
The interviewer is Natalie Richards. A DVD of the full program is
available through Batish Records. Please call us at 1-800-RAG-MALA to
order your DVD."
But the film, "Monsoon Wedding" is a wonderful creation, I think I can safely say.And this from a very shy recommender. I seem to be doing it more these days.Looking for balance... always.
"Monsoon Clouds Over the Houses of Gyantse Tibet"Here are a couple of songs from the soundtrack - one plaintive, the other jubilant, in that order.
"Banished" first, then, "Aaja Nachle (Come On Dance!)"Enjoy both or whichever. Hopefully at least one of them.... "~+~"Every year we clean out our gutters; every year the people of India and elsewhere scrub off the plant life that's grown on all the buildings.
