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Nepali folk song
About this recording
- Creator
- Kristin Post
- Date created
- October 20, 2000
- Duration
- 2:15
- Location
- Pashupatinath, Nepal
- File
- MP3
- License
- This recording copyright ©2000. Terms of use
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It seemed that many Nepalis liked to sing traditional songs. In this recording, you can hear Tej, a local Pashupatinath singing a song with many different verses.
You might also hear me talking with another Pashupatinath guide, Ajit. At one point, I interrupt the song to ask about some vocabulary I recognize. “Didi” and “bahini” are words he mentions many times. Didi is the Nepali word for older sister and bahini means younger sister. Apparently, the person singing is sad, I believe because he must leave his family.
Unfortunately, I did not record in my notes or otherwise what the full meaning of the song was.
From my journal:
Tej, Ajit and I hang out and I do some traditional dance. I learn the “donkey/monkey” song, and Dwiali song. Snack with a kid “holy man,” and watch the monkeys play on the temple and electrical lines, begging people for food.
