Pangea Day
Kanika Sethi - April 14, 2008
Just caught this online -- a moving rendition of Indian's National Anthem sung by a Kenyan choir. (They also have a video of a Japanese opera singer singing for Turkey, Australians doing the Lebanese Anthem and the French singing The Star Spangled Banner.)
Here's the link. Enjoy! I really love this kind of thing.
[Excerpt from YouTube] Leading film-makers are seeking to change the way we think about other countries. This is one of a powerful series of films to be shown on Pangea Day, May 10, "the day the world comes together through film".
See all four anthems. Then visit http://www.pangeaday.org and register your screening for May 10. It's time to imagine a different world.
Here, set against the backdrops of Nairobi city and the beautiful landscape of Uhuru Park (Maasai country), a Kenyan choir sings the Indian national anthem.
The director has chosen the Indian anthem because Kenya is home to a sizeable Hindu population (including Sikhs & Jains also) of approximately 2.5 million, most of them descendants of the East African Railways labourers who were brought over by the British during the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the British colonialists ruled Kenya and the rest of the East African region.
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Posted by Kanika Sethi at April 14, 2008 11:34 AM
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April 14, 2008 07:21 PM
Thanks, Trish. Your words echo my sentiments. My 3 year old daugther attends the International Preschool in NYC and I am trying to figure out a way for the children to do something similar in their classroom for Pangea Day. I find it so fitting! I should also point out that the 2.5 million figure was disputed (by my father-in-law!) so sorry for not fact-checking my YouTube cut and paste!
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April 16, 2008 07:51 AM
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Kanika Sethi commented on Pangea Day
Thanks, Trish. Your words echo my sentiments.
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Trish commented on Pangea Day
Kanika,
If a picture paints a thousand
Kanika,
If a picture paints a thousand words what does music paint? This piece comes through as a meditation and it continues to sing its hues of peace and quiet celebration after the audible sound ends. Thank you so much for this soothing gift of positive force.
Trish~~