Archive for the ‘sacred music’ Category
My exploration of Indian culture via YouTube continues to unearth some musical gems. In this post I’m featuring several clips showing fictionalised devotions to the Goddess Kali - a primal Hindu deity of fearsome aspect who is familiar to many non-Hindus as the goddess of death and destruction – a not entirely accurate representation of her function within the pantheon. Kali is [...]
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In recent months I’ve been exploring a wealth of Indian classical music and dance on YouTube. Here are a few of my favourite discoveries… First up are a couple of clips from a pair of films featuring Padmini (1932-2006), the multi-lingual (Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam) actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who starred in over 250 [...]
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Over the past few weeks my YouTube wanderings have led me in some interesting new directions, as well as reacquainting me with some long-forgotten classics. In this post I’m focusing on the music of two ancient, but little-known (to Western audiences) Christian traditions of north Africa. First up is music from the orthodox Christian tradition of Ethiopia. These beautifully [...]
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