The Baul

Hi Hi how are you?
l know l know that l slowed down a lot with blogger but alas l never thought that it would take so long to share my odyssey and l mean it was such a pleasure to share it and l'm thankful to you, my beloved reader, for the patience in coming back to read and enjoy my blog ... so we are almost done with this 1 month and + of my South Japan Odyssey ... just few more posts ;)
Ok here l am, writing in the morning, actually it is almost lunch but l just had breakfast and l decided to go on NOW otherwise who knows what it might postpone again ... ok ok ok enough said.

Hey-ya today l'm going to introduce u the Baul but first, l forgot to introduce, the Green Guy, look how sweet he is ....

lt was the previous night, when everybody was going to sleep and l was in the kitchen to wash my teeth and suddenly out of the blue, with the tail of my eye l got someone jumping around like a crazy kangaroo! ooohhh he was such a small sweetie with this alive geen ... well he was jumping (may be asking himself "where the fuck l am?) and sometime it would stop, looking at me and make some pose for a great shot (such the one u just saw) but then l asked him what about a little bit of action? ... YEAAAAH why not?! put the light on, come on! and VIA have a moment of Animal Planet



lt was such fun ... at the end l took him and bring it out in the wild where he belongs ... u had to see how happy he was to find the exit!

You have to know that these pizza people sometimes organize concert in their house and so this time there was a Baul concert ... WOW it seems that my trip was bringing me to the right spot at the right time ... 3 days l've stayed in Shobara and so much happened, from selling pizza in a very unique way to see a Baul concert that, by the way, the indian music is the only one that can touch me at the deepest point in my being , of course there are few exceptions, but only the indian music is able to make me lost and so ... for me it was a kind of gift that existence was giving me because actually it was my last night before going back to tokyo and so l took it very symbolically that at the end of my odyssey a night of celebration!!!
Here down u'll see the simple instruments he brought, with his japanese wife (she can speak very good Bengali) and l love the indian instruments ... ok u got it, l'm really lost with it.

A funny coincidence happened that l need to tell ya ... few years back, in tokyo l met an australian girl who knew how to speak spanish and l met her in the meditation program where l usually participate 3 times a week, 'cos l'm also a helper, and so one day she invited me to go to see a Baul concert (and she was a helper in organizing the concert) and it was held in a shrine and so many people came and they were a group of indians and japanese playing together ... ok it wasn't all the time fantastic but few songs did it!
And the coincidence is that that night in Shobara it was the same baul to play!!! ...amazing.
l thought l would never see again this baul group and ... the world is really small!!!!
But this time it wasn't the whole group, only he with his wife ... and l was amazed how 1 man can play and make music with 3 instruments simultaneously + voice ... and l must say that his voice was quite powerful and l like the melody .... devotional.
l took few clips 'cos Nartana asked me to make movies for him and so here l made a short movie, just few glimpses ... l hope u enjoy it, go have a look!



lt was very nice, very much different than the concert he did 2 or 3 yrs ago`, 'cos at that time they were a group of may be 7~10 peoples to play ... and this time it was only he with his wife and therefore it was more "intimate" and more penetrating ... in fact at the end l approached him and l told him of this coincidence and he remebered it! not of me of course but of that particular concert because at the end they stood up with the drums and walked/danced in the middle of the peoples inviting everyones to stand and dance ... that particular moment was really beautiful and he couldn't forget it and so we both were amazed about this ... then later on he showed few videos of his recent concerts in Tyo and l saw for instance that at the end of the concert, he was telling to the people to cool down with the cheering clapping hands ... as l saw this l said: RIGHT!!! 'cos l also feel that after a devotional song, to clap and saying bravo isn't very nice ... actually l myself don't like to clap in a usual way when some concert is finished ... but of course it depends of what kind of genre it is ... l remember when Prem Joshua played in Buddha Hall in Pune at the end there was such clapping and in that contest it was perfectly in tune! but with devotional baul songs at the end only silence is the best way to say BRAVO! (but not even this)
and he confirmed what l just said .... ok now l go to have some lunch then do some business and l'll be back soon to finish the story .... thank you & see you! (^o^)/