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Vishwakarma Puja

Sitar Factory Posted on Sunday, 6 September 2009 by AnandaSunday, 6 September 2009

Today is the annual Vishwakarma puja.

Hari Om

Posted in varia | Tagged HariChand, India | 5 Replies

Bert in India II

Sitar Factory Posted on Wednesday, 12 March 2008 by AnandaWednesday, 12 March 2008

Onze goede vriend Bert Cornelis op toernee in India, het bewijs…:

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Een meer dan levensgrote affiche van Bert Cornelis & Pt. Uddhav Shinde, sitar & pakhawaj jugalbandi… in de straten van Latur, India.
Op de affiche met Hridaynath Mangeshkar, een broer van de wereldberoemde Lata Mangeshkar.

Een foto uit de krant met een verslag van hun concert in Aurangabad, ter ere van pakhawaj Master Padmashree Bapu Apegaonkar, wijlen de vader van Udhavji.

Posted in varia | Tagged India | Leave a reply

Hennep veld

Sitar Factory Posted on Monday, 3 March 2008 by AnandaMonday, 3 March 2008

Een hennep proefveld, bij ons in de buurt, ecologie een stap vooruit!!

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Hennep is een uitermate milieuvriendelijk gewas.

Hennep verbouwen kan volledig organisch. De planten zijn vanuit zichzelf resistent tegen allerlei schadelijke insecten, waardoor pesticiden overbodig zijn.

Hennep bedekt zeer snel de bodem, onkruid krijgt geen kans en onkruidverdelgers verontreinigen de bodem niet.

Hennep is resistent tegen vele ziekten. De grootste belagers zijn vogels die na het inzaaien snel de weg vinden naar het heerlijke en enorm voedzame zaad. Maar omdat een oude boerenwijsheid zegt dat de vogels daarvan gaan fluiten, vinden wij dat geen enkel probleem.

Katoen, dat hennep wereldwijd verving in de textielindustrie, is één van de meest vervuilende gewassen. Het gebruikt 25% van het wereldaandeel in pesticiden en vraagt veel intensere voeding- en gewasbescherming (pesticiden, meststoffen, ed) dan hennep. De grootschalige monocultuur van katoen rond het Aralmeer in Rusland is er de oorzaak van dat het meer aanzienlijk kleiner is geworden.

De chemische stoffen, gebruikt bij de groei van katoen, kunnen niet allemaal worden verwijderd bij het verwerken tot textiel.

Een T-shirt van 55% hennep ipv 100% katoen, bespaart minimum 3000 liter water.

Dit, en nog veel meer info over hennep en hennepproducten op www.hempmade.be. Nu online!!.

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Hemp Fashion Show

Sitar Factory Posted on Friday, 29 February 2008 by AnandaFriday, 29 February 2008

Een leuk alternatief initiatief.

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Meer info over hennep producten op www.hempmade.be.

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Bert Cornelis in India

Sitar Factory Posted on Sunday, 17 February 2008 by AnandaSunday, 17 February 2008

Our good friend Bert Cornelis on tour in India :

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Bert Cornelis & Pt. Uddhav Shinde, sitar & pakhawaj jugalbandi… in Latur, India.
On the poster with Hridaynath Mangeshkar, a brother of the world-famous singer Lata Mangeshkar.

More info about Bert on www.sitarplayer.be.

Posted in varia | Tagged India | 1 Reply

Riksha Ride

Sitar Factory Posted on Tuesday, 25 December 2007 by AnandaFriday, 25 December 2020

Recently I made this recording during a short ride on a riksha in Delhi. Hari Chand and I started off from his house where traffic is reasonably calm and headed for the busstop on the main road. I’m using my H2 “handy recorder” and 2 DPA 4060 miniature microphones. Play soundscape Horn Please...

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Posted in listen, me & i, varia | Tagged India | 1 Reply

One chapati, please sir

Sitar Factory Posted on Saturday, 22 December 2007 by AnandaTuesday, 24 June 2014

During my last visit to Hari Chand in New Delhi,…

One evening we take a taxiscooter home. As usual the road is very busy. At a certain moment we are standing waiting for a red light together with many more road-users. All possible kinds of vehicles on 2, 3, 4 and sometimes more, sometimes less wheels stand bumper to bumper and criss-cross, the usual way. A long, red carnivalballoon is floating over the roofs in our direction. On the rope hangs a 12 year old girl. She tries to sell her balloon, but not much success. Not with me either. Immediately afterwards a big group of about 10 very poor and young kids- about 3 to 12 years old I guess – comes up. All of them are dressed in rags, the oldest ones carrying the smaller ones in their arms. Effortless and swiftly they brave this total traffic chaos. They have a target: me, a pardesi, a white skin…

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Play soundscape here

To follow the conversation in Hindi a bit, here’s a short glossary :

chapati = main food, thin round wheat pancake
roti = idem
khanna = to eat, food
bhukh = hungry
bukhar = fever
challo = go

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Lord Buddha

Sitar Factory Posted on Friday, 25 May 2007 by AnandaFriday, 25 May 2007

A new resident in our garden…

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Pierre Narcisse

Sitar Factory Posted on Wednesday, 21 March 2007 by AnandaWednesday, 21 March 2007

During the nigth of February 13 Pierre Narcisse suffered a severe brainhemorrhage. He’ll have a very long rehabilitation and may not be capable to ever play the tablas again.

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More info here (pdf).

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Otzenrath Xiquexique

Sitar Factory Posted on Saturday, 10 February 2007 by AnandaWednesday, 2 May 2012

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You have to see more … chez Débloque-notes.

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