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GUJARAT REBORN ...IN ENGLAND!
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London and their voices add a unique touch. Both of them are parents and working professionals who are dedicated to the promotion of Gujarati culture amongst young children. Kiran has mixed and recorded the music in a very professional way.
I went to see the show with my family and found myself dancing and singing along all through it. The children were seated in front and really enjoyed being made to feel important. The adults in the show were acting like
children throughout and Performers of the new Gujarati nursery rhyme CD 'Geet-Gamar
the humour of the central
characters Jambubhai and "I hate Gujarati school! Why do we need to speak
Jalebiben, with their lovely Gujarati, mum, when you can understand English? I wish costumes, kept the audience mesmerised. The other adult we could laugh and have fun when we are learning our characters included watermelon, cucumber, lemon and culture - it is all so serious!" These are comments often tomato - yummy! Although the organisers worked entirely heard from children and parents give up on teaching Gujarati voluntarily, the impression given was one of unique profesvery easily. However, what I witnessed on Sunday 4 sionalism with an eye to every detail and a commitment to November was truly an event of a lifetime, which breaks all giving the audience the best experience. This show should these taboos. A group of young professionals under the name tour around the whole country to Gujarati children (and of SANSAAR launched a new music CD of Gujarati nursery parents!) everywhere - let them experience the joy our rhymes and performed them on stage by way of colour, culture can give when a little humour, music and fun is humour and entertaining modern music. "Geet-Gamat" is a included in the packaging. unique addition to the UK Gujarati cultural scene, and Sansaar's young team are ambitious, not to make money demonstrates the tremendous talent that we have here, so far but to modernise culture and make it accessible. In this away from our homeland in Gujarat.
project, they deserve the support of all Gujaratis, and I can In "Jambhubhai's khetar", an original composition of easily see the CD becoming popular all over the world. Sansaar, we have an opening song which makes us all laugh The children have blessed this project with their smiles and and sing various animal noises - a Gujarati version of "Old their prayers. Now it is up to us Gujaratis to turn those MacDonald had a farm". "Nanu nanu sasalu" is a gentle blessings into trees and forests of cultural renewal and song about a rabbit that keeps running around. We keep replenishment so that identity is preserved and every soul chasing it and trying to hold it and stroke it. The subjects of gets unique nourishment to tackle any problem in life. the songs are very simple and close to the hearts of children -- animals, aeroplanes, horse-carts, butterflies, stars, balloons and dance. The music is diverse and easy to sing along to. Contact Details: Shandip Shah, London My personal favourite was the aeroplane song, "Enu Naam Tel: 0208 909 3859 Chhe Vimaan", with the soft "Tara Dhima Dhima Aavo", a Email: info@sansaar.org: www.sansaar.org close second
The CD and songbook are available at £8 The lead singers Kaushik Khajuria, Tejal Potta and Rajvee CD, songbook and cassette set can be purchased for £10 Punatar are very well known in the Gujarati music scene in Cassette and songbook are £5
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