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Top: "Bonfire for Walpurgis, Vejbystrand, Sweden" byAnders Blomgvist

1 Down: "Monsoon Storm Clouds" by David Edward

Below: 'House of Fire:' "Walking Along the Sun"

It rained today.
It was a good day.

I remember how people came out and danced in the streets when it rained in India;
How they would give a portion of all that they had to the fire ceremony
All that they coaxed from the soil or milked or crafted with their hands
So there would be life-giving rain.

The fire used to light the fire pit
Was maintained and handed down
Generations upon generations back.

So much power in that,
I could barely hold up my own head
Or walk around the fire one more time
And then it rained.

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This song immediately came up whilst I was writing this.
We are all made of stars...
Essential

And here is a ceremony of a different sort in this vid clip
Feeling and creativity... Life emerging as itself: empty, full, emptied, filled
Production values go in different directions  ;) 
Intent focus on giving....
Intent focus on giving.
Celebration, boredom, style... yearning for
Differences that meet at the root of things.

What comes naturally in every case - Life.
I sense somehow; could be wrong, but?

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I came across this interview/performance during a search for a trailer of director, Mira Nair's', early movie: "Salaam, Bombay!"
The movie is about the life of street children trying to keep body and soul together in a difficult terrain on their own.
I can't recommend this movie highly enough.

Most of the people in the movie have no previous acting experience - though I believe India has the 2nd largest movie industry in the world. The main actor, Krishna, is definitely a novice - though you would never know it - or maybe you would - as his performance is as real and heartfelt as any I've ever seen.

There's something to be said for a fresh slate.

I don't believe he has done any acting after doing this film.

I stayed on the suggested link and listened to Ashwin Batish's song, though, and really liked it.
Maybe you will too.

While this clip is clearly a promotion for his DVD, I want to find more of his music...

I only wish the percussionists and so on were there in the studio as well.

I feel I must include this information to use this clip:

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But the film, "Monsoon Wedding" is a wonderful creation, I think I can safely say.

And this from a very shy recommender. I seem to be doing it more these days.

Looking for balance... always.



"Monsoon Clouds Over the Houses of Gyantse Tibet"

Here are a couple of songs from the soundtrack - one plaintive, the other jubilant, in that order.

"Banished" first, then, "Aaja Nachle (Come On Dance!)"

Enjoy both or whichever. Hopefully at least one of them.... "~+~"

Every year we clean out our gutters; every year the people of India and elsewhere scrub off the plant life that's grown on all the buildings.

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