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| ashu |
Posted
on 23-Feb-03 10:50 AM
Hi all,
On the auspicious occasion of 4,06,758th Shiva Raatri this coming Saturday
(March 1st), the Kirateswor Classical Music School (at Pashu Pati) is putting on
an all-night musical jam-session at Kirateswor Temple near the premises of the
Pashupati Nath Temple in Kathmandu.
Playing the tabala, the sarod, the baasoori, the harmonium, the sitar, the dholak,
and so on ALL NIGHT LONG will be Nepal's leading -- but relatively NOT all that appreciated -- young and old classical (sashtriya) musicians.
Some of you already know that since 1988, these musicians and friends have been putting on a monthly musical program there on every Full Moon night.
From what I understand, each year, this Shiva Raatri jam-session allows Nepal's finest classical musicians to spend the night in the Pashu Pati area, showcasing, to their peers, the latest stuff that they have been working on . . . structured music punctuated by jazz-like improvisations.
As such, the whole program, treated with just the dash of mind-altering pagan
rituals that Shiva-ji reportedly loves, is going to be quite something.
Come one, come all -- with blankets and friends. Puri, Haluwa and countless cups
of chiya will be served all night long.
See you at Kirateswor Temple on the night of this Shiva Raatri.
oohi
"shiva's fan"
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| Dilasha |
Posted
on 23-Feb-03 11:48 AM
Chiya?? I thought Shivaratri was the night for OOKHU ( sugarcane) and BHANG Ashu! C'mon! myan they better serve those......at least "Bhaang ko achaar" if not the "Bhang Amrit" ;-)
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| bella |
Posted
on 23-Feb-03 12:51 PM
Do they have Ghotta ( with coconut) in the menu?
Jai Jai shiva shanker
kanta lage na kankar
Pyaara naam ka diyaaa
ohhhhh...........
geer jaungiii....
mein mar jaaungiii....
jo tu ney mujhey thaam na liyaaa.....
ohhhh shorabdeeeee ;)
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| najar |
Posted
on 23-Feb-03 06:07 PM
How about bhaang ko laddu and saatu? Are those hidden features?
Have fun Ashu and all others who can make it, and let us know how it went.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 23-Feb-03 07:36 PM
Dilasha, Bella and Najar,
I am told that those goodies will be available too -- on a BYOBKLOG (bring your own Bhang ko laddu and other goodies) basis.
There will be people in and around Pashupati Nath, making money by selling just such stuff; so, one need not worry.
Shiva Ratri remains one of those contradictorily fascinating Hindu festivals in which
sober religiosity goes together quite well with edgy paganism . A group of us plan to
be swaying to the music, with bon-fires in front of us :-)
Bum Bholay Nath.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| Vision |
Posted
on 23-Feb-03 07:48 PM
Hey Ashu,
What about weed, pot, grass, bong, joint, marijuanna, sesh etc etc. I guess it'll be safe to assume you still have good connection with your sadhu buddies.
Happy Mahan Shiva ratri everyone! light up one on bum bum bholay!!!
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| ashu |
Posted
on 23-Feb-03 08:47 PM
Vision,
I suppose people will make use of such stuff on the occasion of Shiva Raatri.
Somehow, despite my connections to the Saadhus, I'm NOT part of the scene.
You know, I have spent much of my youth being a nerd; and it feels odd now to
be publicly, wildly uninihibited about these things . . . :-)
Still, who am I stop strangers from indulging in bits of fear and loathing -- a la Hunter S. Thomson -- in Kirateswor on Shiva Raatri 2003?
oohi
"Ah! the dangerous pleasures of living vicariously!"
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| ashu |
Posted
on 28-Feb-03 07:30 AM
Thanks to two sajha friends (i.e. people I got to know through sajha.com) for agreeing to join me tomorrow night in what promises to be, well, a Shiva-friendlly bacchanalian fest at Kirateswor tomorrow night.
A very Happy Shiva Raatri week-end, everyone!!
Do thing to make Shiva-ji proud of you.
As that luscious babe Zeenat Aman crooned in that movie, "Dum Maro Dum" . . . :-)
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 28-Feb-03 11:55 PM
Yea, Ashu. That was a heck of title: Dum Maro Dum...
Wish you a great Dum Maro Dum. I missed one 'ghaito phorne karyakram' and another 'bhang khwaune karyakra'. I personally never ate any thing,given by suspicious neighbors, in Shivaratri, because it was too easy to guess what could be inside. The easiest to guess is : generously given Haluwaa.
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| Dilasha |
Posted
on 01-Mar-03 10:03 AM
I don't know about other places but in Pokhara, Shivaraatri is celebrated in a unique way. There would be huge bonfires outside temples or even some houses which have large frontyards. People of all ages would flock to those bonfires with a bunch of long dark sugarcanes and we'd all get excited because for us, it would be "ukkhu padkauney din". After the pujari bajey was done with his shiva aradhana, we would place the top half of the "ukkhus" at the bottom of the fire until they were ready to be blasted, then once we knew it was done, we'd take them out and hit them against the huge stone lying on the ground just for that purpose. People would have competition among themselves as to whose ukkhu would make the largest sound and boy was that fun!
To most people it was like watching real fireworks as sparks of fire would rise up from those large ago ko dhooni (not sure if it's the correct word) and sounds of "ukkhu blast" would be heard from distant tole chimek. And people would just sit there till the wee hours of morning nibbling their "padkayeko ukkhu". I particularly never cared for ukkhus at other times as it requires a lot of work peeling the hard cover and by the time one finishes a half a foot of the fruit, the mouth would get tired of chewing it, but for Shivaraatri, I wouldn't eat anything but ukkhu! I guess it was the whole idea of roasting the ukkhu and blasting it on stony surface that created the excitement and temptation to eat it all the time during Shivaraatri. I hope the tradition of "ukkhu padkaune" continues for generations and Happy Shivaraatri to everyone!
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