tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post6270925204359177737..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: K is for..Keda keda!...and...Khayal el Zill...and the Khan... Nilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-25511823645577645062017-04-15T17:19:06.637+05:302017-04-15T17:19:06.637+05:30I guess we got infatuated with brighter and appare...I guess we got infatuated with brighter and apparently snazzier little screens...quite blinded by them in fact :) Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-16831312751410784672017-04-15T16:33:59.465+05:302017-04-15T16:33:59.465+05:30Ah, puppetry. I thought it was such a cool art for...Ah, puppetry. I thought it was such a cool art form back in the day, and I always wanted to watch a Punch and Judy show. Alas, it's a rarity nowadays, relegated only to the occasional carnival.<br /><br />Or bad ventriloquist stand-comedy acts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017756012813695025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-82996388403477590792017-04-15T02:06:08.385+05:302017-04-15T02:06:08.385+05:30I understand not many of the scripts for those med...I understand not many of the scripts for those medieval shadow plays have survived sadly. But yes, it would be great if the artform were revived.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-29872130597477598962017-04-14T21:20:10.662+05:302017-04-14T21:20:10.662+05:30Your posts this year are so good.
I watched a sil...Your posts this year are so good.<br /><br />I watched a silent movie with no words from the turn of the last century. It was a good little movie. I thought about that in reading about the puppet plays. A resurrection of one of the plays would probably be very good.Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-77857986074820025882017-04-14T19:11:07.759+05:302017-04-14T19:11:07.759+05:30Hinduism itself is at least a couple of millennia ...Hinduism itself is at least a couple of millennia older than Islam. The Ramayana was written around 500 BCE and then diffused eastwards. Shadow puppets were being used in India and China for story telling by the second century BCE. Hindu and Hinduism are relatively modern terms devised by foreigners. The original Indian name is Sanatana Dharma, Sanatana means 'timeless' 'eternal' Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-59474760048708536992017-04-14T18:16:26.653+05:302017-04-14T18:16:26.653+05:30You're right Nilan! We have the Ramayana stori...You're right Nilan! We have the Ramayana stories in shadow play. Hinduism came here much earlier and entrenched itself before Islam which came in the 1400s<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-72252791419386074732017-04-14T13:37:52.183+05:302017-04-14T13:37:52.183+05:30Traditionally religion has provided all entertainm...Traditionally religion has provided all entertainment too, no different with the Khayal el Zill - most of the traditional shows were Islamic in nature with messages and morals incorporated into them. <br /><br />Shadow puppetry is possibly older in Malaysia than Egypt, it originated in China spread from there to other regions. So proximity would have ensured it spread to Malaysia before it came Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-10172783636456177562017-04-14T13:34:07.960+05:302017-04-14T13:34:07.960+05:30I'm afraid it already has kind of disappeared ...I'm afraid it already has kind of disappeared in Egypt at least, don't know about Turkey. Some efforts at revival, but that mass appeal and high turnout is no longer there. Agree about the charms of traditional forms of entertainment - losing puppetry especially is regrettable because puppet making itself is an art! Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-33278200149239618532017-04-14T06:24:48.003+05:302017-04-14T06:24:48.003+05:30Very much similar to our Wayang Kulit (shadow play...Very much similar to our Wayang Kulit (shadow play) However for ours(in Malaysia) it is very much inclined towards the Sanskrit/Hindu stories and legends!<br /><br />Hank kaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-69293364364843883882017-04-14T05:20:36.372+05:302017-04-14T05:20:36.372+05:30I hope the shadow puppet show doesn't die out ...I hope the shadow puppet show doesn't die out altogether. There's something very charming about those more traditional forms of entertainment.Nick Wilfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841776353790635132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-80914911990653684452017-04-14T02:44:38.540+05:302017-04-14T02:44:38.540+05:30Knowledge is a great word for K - the early Arabs ...Knowledge is a great word for K - the early Arabs valued it, their Quran extols it. <br /><br />Always wondered though why the K is silent...thanks for being here!Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-52028804391289695542017-04-14T02:23:39.165+05:302017-04-14T02:23:39.165+05:30K is for knowledge; which comes from the insight y...K is for knowledge; which comes from the insight you brought in this post. Thank you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-59189812372991835372017-04-14T01:55:05.699+05:302017-04-14T01:55:05.699+05:30Any blog theme on Arab music/culture has to includ...Any blog theme on Arab music/culture has to include Fairouz, how can it not? :) she's here for A as well...love her voice from the first time I heard her.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-69789481405269154312017-04-14T01:39:10.369+05:302017-04-14T01:39:10.369+05:30I did not know this blog was over here! As soon a...I did not know this blog was over here! As soon as I had read some and listened to the music, I went back to F because I knew that Fairouz had to be there and she was! I will be back. I studied Arabic (not enough to do anything with) when I was in college back in the 1960s and I learned to love Fairouz' voice then.<br /><a href="http://findingeliza.com/" rel="nofollow">Finding Eliza</a><br Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-15583532297108052852017-04-14T01:26:19.731+05:302017-04-14T01:26:19.731+05:30I didn't know about Prince Achmed feature - th...I didn't know about Prince Achmed feature - thanks for sharing it here. The Khan is indeed a souq.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-33865354074346954192017-04-14T01:20:57.991+05:302017-04-14T01:20:57.991+05:30I love shadow puppetry and silhouettism! The olde...I love shadow puppetry and silhouettism! The oldest known surviving animated feature, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, is in silhouettism.<br /><br />The Khan el Khalili sounds like a lot of fun. I assume it's basically the same as a bazaar or shuk.Carrie-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810154378449825641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-42361361499057997762017-04-14T01:18:11.846+05:302017-04-14T01:18:11.846+05:30Yeah, many of them are not too bad looking, if you...Yeah, many of them are not too bad looking, if you ask me :D Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-5657842521380787602017-04-14T01:16:32.562+05:302017-04-14T01:16:32.562+05:30Thank you for coming over. Very kind of you - tha...Thank you for coming over. Very kind of you - that is high praise indeed :)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-73611830773750889692017-04-14T01:13:30.307+05:302017-04-14T01:13:30.307+05:30Joe Ashkar is not too bad looking. Just Saying ;)
...Joe Ashkar is not too bad looking. Just Saying ;)<br /><br />joy @ <a href="http://www.thejoyousliving.com" rel="nofollow">The Joyous Living</a>The Joyous Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076761878054638907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-20436191476281830352017-04-13T23:26:49.158+05:302017-04-13T23:26:49.158+05:30Wow that was a serious bit of A to Z but rather in...Wow that was a serious bit of A to Z but rather interesting. I am impressed and wish you all the best on your journey to Z. <br /><br />Thank you for visiting my own blog it is always good to get a few visits. You are doing much better than I am for visitors but with that amount of hard work you deserve then all and more. One of the best A to Z's I have seen in a while Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-63704457810414564062017-04-13T23:05:52.918+05:302017-04-13T23:05:52.918+05:30It is indeed a great place to wander... :)It is indeed a great place to wander... :)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-81262660540726982062017-04-13T20:12:32.104+05:302017-04-13T20:12:32.104+05:30Lots of excellent K words today. I would love to w...Lots of excellent K words today. I would love to wander through that market. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.tamaranarayan.com/2017/04/k-is-for-kevlar-gift-from-aliens.html" rel="nofollow">K is for Kevlar—Gift From Aliens?</a>Tamara Narayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03725262301091012950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-68650353051060899552017-04-13T19:24:43.372+05:302017-04-13T19:24:43.372+05:30Mine too. Aicha and Didi both.Mine too. Aicha and Didi both.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-47250755371246014102017-04-13T19:23:25.589+05:302017-04-13T19:23:25.589+05:30Thanks for being here.Thanks for being here.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-1354038570536589002017-04-13T19:21:36.495+05:302017-04-13T19:21:36.495+05:30They are fabulous, aren't they? Sharia Muizz i...They are fabulous, aren't they? Sharia Muizz is my favourite place in all of Cairo :)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.com